CHAPTER 1

August 30, 2525-Over Reach Super Carrier Trafalgar 0500

Corporal Vladamire Usenski awoke to the whine of blood red alarm. The Covenent they were at Reach. He quickly slipped on his clothes and ran out the door as a booming explosian violated the Trafalgar he fell and hit his head on the wall. "***!", he screamed. He didn't have time to lay there and bleed the gush wasn't deep but it sure bleed with ease. He kept running. Every ODST was scrambling to get to their pods and the marines were racing towards pelicans. He was just getting dressed when when one marine ran by yelling, "Come on what the hell are you doing?!" It was dangerous to stay on the ship any longer and he knew it. He slipped on the ODST dark hemet which was covered with Lighting white scars from many battles. As he slammed his locker shut another Plasma torepedo slammed into the ship rocking it to the core. He took off towards the armory he knew he had maybe a good ten minutes before the ship was lost to the fathoms of space. As he grabbed BR55 Battle rifle the ship's Captain vioce boomed throughtout the ships interior, "All hands abandone ship!" Time was not on their side he grabbed his usual kit when a Major ran into the armory the troops that were grabbing weapons, ammo, grenades, and other destructive tools did not even salute him becuase they were all busy preparing to go to the surface and fight. The Major was in no mood to play he screamed at the troops, "You weakling maggots this ship is going down and you are only taking little gear this is Reach your going to be fighting for and all you can grab is a little bit of gear!", he paused and went on. "Grab everything you can!". At the sound of the command the corporal grapped a duffel bag and stared shoving as much stuff as he could carry a demolition kit, a MS7 submachine gun, thermite grenades, flashbangs, and frags. When he filled it to the top with these things plus another one for ammo. He smiled at the thought of seeing his teams faces when he meets them on the surface with such a inventory. Then a fear struck his heart and turned him ice cold what if they were dead from the open holes in the ship or their drop pods were shot done or they died the fate that every ODST dreaded. A spartan grabbed him and he awoke from his thoughts the spartan was running with him over his shoulder the explosians were loud for a few more moments before the escaping air silenced them. The spartan threw him by the drop pods Vladmire looked up at him this green metalic god as he was getting inside a drop pod it cloosed and turned away and out into space to be dropped he was frozen again by the thought of fighting alongside a spartan or spartan(s). explosians were still going on he was the only one still standing their among the drop pods that were ready to drop into the hell that was once Reach.

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CHAPTER 2

August 30, 2552 Over Reach Super Carrier Trafalgar 0520

As corporal Vladamire Usenski stood inside the dieing ship he was frozen solid by horrific thoughts when he awoke by the dieing marine Seargent that was crushed by a broken door he ran over to the marine. Usenski did not talk but was trying to lift up the door when the marine pushed him away with the strength he had left and slapped him. The Seargent spoke with a horse, but steady voice, "What are you doing you are going to kill yourself here if you do not get out. The corporal thought about it and then said I never leave any man behind. He lifted the door just barely enough for the marine to squeeze throught and crawl out. He helped the marine stand up and get to his drop pod when the marine got there he coughed, "You have got some guts kid!". As the pod opened up the marine shoved Usenski into the pod and closed it. He was surprized by the marines courage he tryed opening the pod when he said to him, "Kid I admire your courage, but thees no way i am going to make it!" with those last words the pod turned out into space and the marine strapped in. He knew there was no way to save the marine as his pod countdown started he say the marine salute to him through the window of the ship. He returned the favor and then the pod disengaged and accelerated towards the Reach.

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Use the enter key, man, use paragraphs, please!

There were a lot of run-on sentences...and periods where commas should be.

and why the parentheses around the s on spartans?

You're also supposed to start a new paragraph every time a different character speaks.

There were also a ton of misspelled words...

I wouldn't call it horrible, but it wasn't a great piece of writing.

 

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Anyone else here getting sick of tiny two-word posts that become huge because of the O.G. picture?

 

 CHAPTER 3

August 30, 2552 Drop Pod Over Reach 0525

The ODST watched as the last Super Carrier of The UNSC. The prized ship of the UNSC exploded as the last beam cut the ship. He watched as the ship was cut in two and began to flip in space. Usenski quickly cleared his thoughts and looked on the video of the drop pod. There were stars twinkling all over. Except he Knew they were no stars. They were the mighty ships of the UNSC being destroyed as if they were playthings for the covenent ships. He looked at the Super MAC stations they were still online. All except for one of them were online. He zoomed in on the one that was crippled and saw a pelican that was crashed into it nose first explode taking the covenent troops that were examing it with it in a gorgous sun of orange and yellow. He quickly concentrated on his mission. Then he thought about it his only mission was not let Reach fall to the covenent. He zoomed in on the drop pods that were all below him. Then the a deep voice came on and a little link came on, "Change trajectory to try to land near the Olympic Tower FLEETCOM HQ has requsted support". Another voice came on that Usenski knew well it was Private Josh Mark a squad member of his team, " Well who died and made you General huh?!" The answer was one of reasoning and determination only super soilder had, " The orders are from Vice Admiral Whitecomb." The ODST then surprized by the answer apologized and changed trajectory. Usenski watched as the drop pod hurled through the atmosphere and disappeared under the clouds as all the other ones did the same and vanished. He felt alone now he was the only one still just above the atmosphere and still hertling down. He broke through the clouds and saw the building that was his target a few miles off in the distance. He had changed his direction already and felt the pods drag chute activate and his buckles and harnesses slam into him and knock some air out of him. Then he felt the rockets turn on and his pod was slowing down he then braced himself for the empact that was too come. It came early as his pod hit the top of a building and bounce of in another direction he then felt it hit another building top. He was losing his consciosness. He looked at the camera and knew he was about to hit concrete. With his all his strength he activated his pods reserve rockets and felt the harness knock all the air out of him he felt dazzed and tingling set over his body. His eyes were still open in tiny slits when he saw he was approaching trees. He then felt hope flurish in his mind he hung on for his dear life as he felt the pod hitting trees and with every hit he slipped into a dreamlike feeling he couldn't see anymore but  he felt the pod slamming into trees. Every tree he slammed into he felt closer to unconsciosness and death he thought. Ten seconds before empact he lost consciosness. His pod slammed into the last tree and then the ground of Reach.

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Chapter 4

August 30, 2552 Drop Pod Outside Town of Reach 70 klicks from  Olympic Tower 0645

Usenski felt he was in a dreamlike state he knew he was starting to wake up. He felt a little like when he awoke from Cryo Sleep, but this time there was no easy slip out of cryo wake up call, No this alarm was of pain  that shot up his hand. It felt as if someone had took a metal pole and whacked him a good one one his forehead. He began to wake to the unpleasent sensation of pain. His eyes were slowly opening he felt sick to his stomach and pain came in waves from his right foot and left arm. He grunted as he unbuckled his harness and began to rise from a sitting position.

He noticed he couldn't stand the pain in his arm and foot were there, but now a new pain arose from his side. He looked to his right slowly fearful of a metal piece that could be lodged in his side. He was greatful at what he saw. The pod's side was bent and shredded, but the shredded razor sharp piece had only grazed him. There was a six inch gash that was more long then deep it started were his floating rib was and ended right below the armpit. He began to come back to his dazed senses. His mission he remembered was to help the FLEETCOM HQ. He saw there was a hole in the pod just big enough to slip through. His pod's hydrolics were jammed and the pod was barely held together by the                                               its hull.

After he had pulled his ruck sacks he pulled the two duffel bags full of surprizes out of the destroyed pod. He pulled a 3 medic kits out of his pod, he then poped one open and took the one of two biofoem cans that come with the kit. He applied the biofoem it stung and hurt like thousands of bees, but soon the pain subsided quickly. He looked at his suit's HUD to look at the damage the drop had caused. Nothing to severe besides the gush and some dents it was fine. His bio on the other hand was fluxuating between green and yellow. He felt his foot and arm. His bio said he had two broken knuckles and what felt like a bruised radias. His leg was by far the worst thought. He had tore his calf and and broke a couple of bones in his foot.

He applied biofoem to the broken bone parts so he could still use them, but it felt like his foot would be the problem. He fixed himself up as best he could years on the battlefields he had learned to treat his own injuries. He he had always been lucky on the battlefield it was never that bad for him he would get some plasma burns here and a broken bone on some occusions, but this so far was the worst. He heard the approach of someone, or something. He quickly got his SOCOM out it was the only weapon he had that was ready for action at the time. He quickly with the effort his bruised body could muster he climbed back in two the pod his best defense for now. He looked through a hole in the pod that was just big enough for his pistol to fit through. He activated the link from the pistol to his visor. His finger on the trigger. The ruslting was very close now.  "*** poor *** his pod looks as if it went through hell." , said the voice of the stranger. He knew that these were good old fashion humans. That the strange rustling was from the recon party looking for pod survivors, and not some strange aliens that wanted his blood.

"Well there is nothing we can do but see what weapons and ammunition he had with him.", said another voice. He couldn't identify where the voices were coming from, but all he knew was that they were marines and that was good enough for him. He popped his head out of the hole.  "Hey over here I'm alive.", Usenski yelled. At first the sound of guns raising and safeties being turned of filled the air then a great voice barked   "Stand down men, we have a survivor!", barked the voice of authority. A  Sergeant ran over to the hole where Usenski's head was sticking out. "It's good that you survived marine you are *** impressive soilder.", complimented the seargeant. He then called some marines over to help. "My name is Seargeant Phelix, and me and my squad were sent to recover some off coarse drop pods." said Phelix. Usenski picked up his bag. "Thanks I was afraid I might of had to go on my own to find help, I do have some equipment that might help us fight off the covenent sir." said Usenski.                                                                                                                                                                                              "*** appreciated marine we needed some extra equipment, alright marines we move in three so be ready!", yelled Phelix.

It was a good forty-five minutes before they made it back to the outskirts of the town. Usenski felt better now that he was fighting with other marines. When they made it back to camp the sun was begining to set and Usenski saw that the camp was extreamly fortifide it was a building more like a rectangle that laid on it's long side. It was up against a mountain. The only three entrances were to three doorways that stood twelve by twelve feet each. The doorways were spread apart each at least a good three hundred feet apart. To get to the doors it would take the covenent a major offensive. The reason was because there was at least five hundred feet of stairs stretched out to get to the building. Every hundred feet of stairs there were platforms that thirty by thrity feet sat with sand bags and turrets. With rocket support guass turrets screwed in place in windows of the building and on the platforms. UNSC snipers in the windows and platforms as well plus with five M808B Main battle tanks at the foot of the stairs, and six wolverines ontop the the building guarding the 5 escape pelicans as a back up.                                              

"You know that the building has a shaft that escapes into the highland mountains if things get to bad." , said Phelix                                       "Thats a good strategy and this amazing defense we could hold up for a while, but what do we do when the Covenent win and glass the planet?" , asked Usenski. Phelix poundered at the thought, but as he was about to answer a Lieutenant approached Phelix and told him he was needed by Major. Usenski waved him a good bye and began to walk up the stairs. He was greeted by marines that had rescued him. He asked them if they had seen other ODST's. The responded with faces of grim stature. He was informed that his team was looking for him. They went to go search for his pod in the covenent held part of the town. Usenski asked the marines if they wanted to come with him, but they did not want to come with him. They then said that there were ODST's that were rallying up with spartans a couple of klicks from here. The ODST's were leaving tonight. He bid the marines a farewell he informed a high ranking officer that he wanted in with the ODST's to go rendezvous with the spartans. The officer let him go. Usenski and the ODST's left as the sun set on Reach

 

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Chapter 5

August 30, 2552 Town of Reach 60 klicks From Olympic Tower 0900

The sun set, but it was not dark just yet. There was twilight in the sky and the moons of Reach were seen across the sky. Two hundred forty-five marines were on this mission to help rendezvous with the spartans and survivors from the drop of the super carrier Trafalgar. Some marines were the elite ODST's some were just recruits. Usenski knew his team was at that rendezvous and he had to meet up with them. He was behind a building when the lights of the town flickered to life. Usenski and the other marines knew that more lights the more easier they would be to spot by the covenent ground troops. Usenski was on the scout for the company he and another marine by the name of Aaron were the scouts. Aaron hefted his sniper and zoomed in on the building ahead.                                                                                                                             

"Looks like the power grid for the city covenent have control of it." Aaron said half to himself. Usenski and Aaron moved back into and allyway and inside the apartment building they were hiding behind. They found a high positioned window and zoomed in with their rifles. Usenski used his BR55 rifle scope and looked around. There were just three lookout jackel snipers, the grunts were sleeping outside, and the elites they were guessing were inside the building.                                                                                                                                                            

"Those covy devils were trying to ambush us see look those shade turrets in the windows and the two wraiths on the side of the buildings!" , said Usenski they quicklyran back through the building and out the allyway. It took a good 2 minutes of hard running to reunite with the Company.  

"So those covenent laid a trap huh well lets see who hits who first shall we?", said the Major in charge. The formulated a plan that would hit the covenent hard and fast.

Usenski hid behind a destroyed warthog with another squad of marines ready for the charge. The plan simply was snipers when in position would hit the shade turrets and the 4 squads of marines would sabotage those wraiths. Usenski pulled out his BR55 and peeked out over the warthog he had a muzzle for his rifle he waited for the signal. He saw a jackels head fly off and its body hit the floor with a silent thud. The snipers took out the lookouts that was the signal. He and the squads took off towards the next alley and in thirty seconds the next ally. He ran behind a overturned truck. He and the two squads approached the sleeping grunts they broke their necks and stabbed them quietly. The covenent elites were almost all inside the building. Two were sitting and talking in their own alien tounges. The two snipers of the squad calibrated their snipers and surpressed them. Two puffs, followed by to bodies falling to the floor. Usenski ran hard the street were one wraith stood was all too close and at anytime they could be detected and all hell would break loose.

Usenski and the two squads turned the corner and saw a elite that was inspecting the wraith. His armor was bright red and shined in the street light. One of the snipers took aim and fired two rounds simultainiosly. The elite fell on the wraith without making much noise. They killed the grunts on the way there that were foolishly sleeping. As Usenski stabbed the last one. He reached into his duffel bag and pulled out of the demolition kit some C-7 foaming explosive. He attachted some to the behind of the wraith in their weak spot. He put a good two or three tubes in it satisfied that when it went off the wraith would be nothing but smoldering wreak. They then procceded to the building. They went into one of the alleyways and Usenski pulled a C-12 shaped charge. In a matter of speaking a C-12 charge would have leveled a normal building, but becuase of the importance of the building and its design set up it would take two of these deadly charges to level it. One on each side as Usenski planted it he felt confident that this was going to go off without much trouble and fighting.

As he finished planting the charge he heard the helpless cry of a private before he was cutoff by a blood sickening sound then a thud. A corporal turned first to witness what had to the private and then he shared a fate similar to the private he was impaled by a sword that glowed with a blinding light. As the corporal body hit the floor Usenski and the others turned in time to witness what had murdered the two marines it was an elite which held a sword in one hand and a plasma rifle in the other. The elite stood tall before the terrified marines the elite was of snow white color. The marines began to raise their weapons to fire. Surpressed fire rang through the alley. The elite roared as it shot a sequence of shots at the marines its accuracy was deadly percise it hit a seargeant and another private. The seargeant was lucky that the shot hit him square in the chest and he fell over his armor still boiling and peeling from the plasma. The private was not as lucky he took a shot straight in the face he fell to the ground writhing in pain. Usenski fired his BR55 rifle with the remaing marines at the elite its shields were flaring, but not failing just yet. Before the shields failed the elite had wounded two out of the seven still standing. As Usenski dropped his clip and popped in another one with a good click he bagan firing rounds again into the elite. Its shields failed and Usenski heard,                                                                             

"Keep firing will take this squid down!", from a seargeant in the front. The elite cut another private in half as rounds tore through it.

Usenski got a good round in its head as it was running towards the rest of them and it fell face first in its own blood.                               

"Christ sakes we lost five men to one elite!", a corporal screamed while kicking the elite.                                                                        

"Shut it we have a job to do lets get their ammo and tags and get out of here" , Usenski spoke with steel in his voice the others agreed and they picked up their fellow comrades tags and ammo and ran out of the alley way. The fighting was starting Usenski was carrying a injured Private over his shoulder. Plasma and needler shards were flying all over the place The squad was running to the overturned truck from earlier while grunts and elites were pouring out of the building. They slid behind the truck. A lieutenant with a squad of ODST's were taking cover behind the truck. The other Marines that were suppose to plant the charges were running to the truck. Usenski gave covering fire with the other ODST's for the returning squad. Two soilder were hit by needler rounds and fell to the gound without even so much as a twitch of reaction.

As the squad ran behind the truck Usenski and the other ODST's threw thermite and napalm grenades for cover. If the ground was set on fire the covenent could not advance towards them.                                                                                                                                            

"Wheres the rest of the marines that were sent with you?", asked the lieutenant as the marines were huddled together behind the truck.        

"Sir we were ambushed by the covenent!" , Usenski screamed over the battle that was going on around them.                                             

"We placed our charges, but the elites and grunts killed off a squad as we tried to fight our way out the alley way." , explained the Seargeant of the other marine squad.                                                                                                                                                                         

"Alright boys it is time for payback lets light some fireworks shall we?" , yelled the lieutenant.                                                                  

"HOORA!!", was the reply from the marines behind the truck. Usenski held his finger right above the switch waiting for the wraiths to come into view. As the huge tanks of demonic blue turned the corners and activated their mortors. There was a reason why they were called wraiths and everyone behind the truck knew it too. Usenski not a moment to soon as the wraiths began to glow blue with the plasma boiling inside their cannons he flipped the switch and the two wraiths turned into two gigantic blue suns. The street was brightened by the two suns that were only there for a moment enveloping the covenent.

Usenski flipped the switch for the C-12 charges the building was no more as the covenent screamed, caught fire, and died. The marines policed the remaing covenent that survived the ordeal. Usenski walked around until he found the Major.                                                                 

"Enjoy it while you can we move in ten got it troopers!", screamed the Major he then turned to Usenski.                                                   

"Don't worry we "ll find your team and if their as tough as the rest of the ODST"s they will be some fine soilders.", said the Major     

In forty minutes the street that was full of troops was now empty. Usenski thought to himself how hard he would fight for Reach and how much longer he could fight. He thought about it, but then he just forgot about it and pressed on into the night with the other marines on the surface of Reach

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Hey just to tell everyone the spacing is a little funky i undrstand that do not worry next time it will not have such wierd spacing again i apolgies try to make the best of it

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Chapter 6

August 31, 2552 Town of Reach 54 klicks from Olympic Tower 1700

All through the dangerous night the marines fought. They encountered a covenent blockade, a scouting party, and a minor camp. The marines fought hard and vialantly. What drove them no one knew not even themselves. Was it the will to live, or just orders. Usenski's Black ODST armor was now scorched and burnt from the heavy fighting. He was missing a chunck of his shoulder armor too an overcharged plasma shot hit him and blow a hole through his few percious inches of Titaniam plating. There were only one hundred fifty left of them now. Most survived the encounters, but had to be taken back due to injuries so a good seventy marines had to return to the Defense building on the edge of the Town by the Highland Mountains. The only had two hours of sleep so they were all fighting tired and weary.

Usenski popped a stim-pack open and drank the liquid quickly for it tasted of pure caffine. Stim-packs were the only thing keeping these soilders awake. The scouting party returned and shared their news of a covenent controlled hill. Major Don Runing like the idea of having the hill for better advantage in the battlefield. He vowed to take it. He set up a plan since there were three streets to the hill the covenent could not protect all three streets.

"We shall bliztkreg them!" yelled Major Ron. Everyone seemed to like the idea. If they took control of the hill it would give them a better fighting position and faster way to get to the rendezvous. So they set out to take the covenent controlled hill that was in the middle of the Town.

"We are going to whoop those sorry aliens all the way back home!" , yelled a corporal who was hushed by his seargeant. Usenski knew that this attack was a long shot if they succeeded they would give a huge advantage against the covenent in the city. If they failed this attack would not work a second time and they would all surely die or sustain casualities. It was quiet Usenski kept his eyes peeled. He was signaled to move up by a seargeant of the squad he was fighting with...for now. He moved up behind a car that was flipped on its side.

"Sir I don't like it it's to quiet.", whispered a private.

"Hush your going to give away our position!", the sarge told the private. Usenski felt the uneasy feeling. The company was split into three platoons; charlie, bravo, whiskey. Usenski was part of Charlie platoon. Their job was to make the covenent focus most of their attention on them until the other two platoons get into position to help them. When Charlie got the covenant to focus on them the other two platoons would flank them from the sides and quickly kill them by having the advantage of the battlefield. Usenski moved up to the alleyway to the right side of him the morning caused a fog and the sky was cloudy. He saw a faint outline of a figure behind a car not three feet away from him. He quickly put himself into a fighiting stance he ran up to the car signaling the others to follow. Nothing there this puzzled him. He did not like the idea of faint shadows and sketchy things. He ran up to the next car as he ran up to the car he collided with the same figure he saw.

Except it wasn't a figure it was an stealth elite in camo so he could spy on their movements.

Without thinking he yelled, "AMUSH!". As he yelled that the figure raised a glowing plasma rifle. This meant trouble as plasma rifles were dangerous at close quarters. He did the only thing he could do he threw his shoulder into the stealth elite. He felt that he knocked the elite into the car. The elite was stunned, but recovered quickly it tried standing up. Usenski knew he had to take his advantage now or never. With all his might he slammed his BR55 straight across the elites head this knocked the elites headdress off, but did nothing to the elite. He did it again and this time he got his reward the sound of the butt slamming straight into the elites jaw. The elite managed to trip Usenski after the second blow to its head. As he fell he shot the elite once in the chest blood exploded out of its chest. It roared in pain Usenski did notshow it anymore mercy he shot it once more in the chest this kept the elite from standing up. He did not let up he shot it again this time in the head. The elite's body still twitched Usenski did not let his eyes off of it thinking it would move.

He quickly let out a sigh rolled on his stomach pushed himself up and took cover next to the elite. Reloading his rifle he looked around the platoon was pinned down by something. He looked over the car what had scared them behind the cars. It was the four gigantic covenant creatures. The marines called them hunters. They were extreamly dangerous. He knew this becuase he had witnessed three squads killed by these creatures back on Harvest. Back when he only was a regular marine. A rocket flared over his him and straight at a hunter pair they both sluggishly jumped out of the way and it hit three lances of grunts and two elites. The hunters flexed their spines and fired back at the helpless marines. In the first exchange of fire no marine got hurt, but Usenski new that it was a matter of time two hunter pairs were strong enough to take down two platoons let alone one. 

Usenski glanced around again he had the highest position and best chance to hit the hunters. They were so concentrated on the platoon they did not see him. He went prone looked out the side of the car. He prayed this would work becuase if it didn't he was as good as dead. He scoped in his BR55 and saw his chance he pulled his ruck sack from his back and reached in and took out his last napalm grenade. These things were good at killing and destroying matter in general. Without taking his eyes of the hunters that were advancing slowly towards the platoon he primed it. Waiting a good three seconds he stood up and threw it like a baseball at the nearest hunter. The grenade hit him true right underneath the left side. The hunter turned towards were Usenski was just a moment ago. It fired a shot at the car and then collapsed from the insuffiecient amount of worms keeping it together.

Usenski ran like hell to the nearest alley the hunters all turned and shot at him. He dove at the alley. He felt heat wash over him and his suit peeled even worse. He felt like he was about to be set on fire. Then it subsieded. He pushed himself up against the wall. He looked over his right shoulder a hunter was charging him. He braced himself. He just might be fast enough to dodge the first shield smash. The second he had doubts. The hunter thrusted its shield foreward like an axe it impailed the corner of the alleyway. Usenski rolled to a crouch. The hunter turned to him. It was only a shieldlength away from pullverising him.

"Get Down!", he heard the yell of the seargeant. Usenski got up and sprinted towards the voice of the seargeant. He dove right as the rocket left the tube. He felt a shockwave hit him. It made him dizzy, but that meant he was still alive. That must have been a good thing, but Usenski felt horrible for the duration of the shock and awe of the rocket. His head spun he couldn't hear straight. He felt someone was dragging him. He was sat up against a broken warthog down the hill away from the fight. He felt someone trying to talk to him. His vision cleared. He saw the seargeant talking to a medic who was treating him. He begain to think am I dieing. His hearing slowly returned and so did his other senses.

The medic shook his head a little "Your pretty lucky to be alive buddy.", he heard the medic rasping about his luck.

"Yep it takes real guts to try fighting hand-to-hand with a hunter", said the medic. Usenski never thought of it, but he had never fought such covenant warriors. He had faced grunts, jackels, and an on occusions elites, but that was with his team and they always outnumbered them. Now he was fighting the true covenant soilders. He slipped off his helmet and threw up on the floor. He felt much better. He reached for his trusty BR55 rifle. It wasn't there. He slipped on his helmet strapped it on. As the seargeant preped the squads to charge up the hill and actually put up a fight. Usenski ran up to them to join them. Was he crazy he felt that way. The seargeant smilled

"It's good to have you back i thought you were going to die on me, he paused, lets go kick us some covenant behind!". Usenski nodded and took out his M7S submachinegun and flicked the safety off.

"Hoora!", yelled the marines. The all began to push forward up the hill. Very quickly they began to gain momentome going up the hill. Usenski made it were the hunter had been blown up. It smelled of burnt plastic. He quickly scooped down and picked up his BR55 rifle. He turned the corner only to come face to face to another hunter that just ripped three marines apart like dolls. It roared a challange to him and began to stumble towards him. He knew there were no more rockets to save him now. They used the last of the rockets to push foreward up the hill. He hadn't even reloaded his BR55 he threw it aside and pulled out his MS7 submachinegun. The hunter was still a good ways off. He glanced around. No marines were near him and the ones that could have helped him were dead. The whole platoon was on the other side of the street pinned down by another hunter, five lances of grunts, some jackels, and four elites. There was no help now it was just him and a hunter. Usenski prayed he would die quickly and painlessly.

 

 

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Chapter 7

August 31, 2552 In Center Town of Reach 1830

Usenski was struck with fear he did not know what to do against a hunter. He had just killed a hunter less then ten minutes ago. The only reason he did kill the hunter was with luck and by surprizing the creature he looked back inside the alley way to his right shoulder and back at the charging hunter. He knew he could not face the hunter head on that would be suicide. He had a flash of inspiration. He reached into his grenade pouch and pulled a flashbang out. He primed it and threw it head on.

The flashbang hit the hunter in the chest of its impenetrable armor and exploded. The hunter stopped and skidded to a halt. It looked confused and disorientated. Usenski took his chance and fire at it with his MS7 submachinegun.

"I got your back Usenski!", yelled seargeant Addison. Addison was running from behind Usenski. The hunter shook off the flashbang. It looked mad its spines were sticking out and it leveled its gun and fired at the two marines. Usenski and seargeant Addison rolled out of the way in different directions to dodge the deadly beam of green that burned through a car and left scorch marks on the street. Usenski was trapped now he was stuck inside the alleyway with a hunter that was turning to rip him apart.

Usenski saw the seargeant getting to his feet. He knew they might stand a chance now against the hunter. If Usenski fired from the front the seargeant might shoot it the back and kill it with his shotgun. Usenski primed another flashbang and threw it. It explode, but on the hunter's shield so the effect of the grenade was more then half of its full strength. The hunter was in a rage. Usenski thought this was his chance he stood tall and began to run towards the hunter.

The hunter used its shield as a club and tried to swing and hit the ODST with it. That would be more then enough to kill Usenski and he knew it. The sarge managed to pump two shot gun shots into the twelve foot tall monster. It momentarily encapacitated and slowed its attack with its shield. This gave Usenski just enough time to roll underneath the hunters shield. The surprized hunter tried to bring the shield back down on the ODST, but Usenski took a step forward and jammed his MS7 submachinegun into the abdomin of the hunter and sprayed the bullets. The seargeant kept pumping rounds into the hunter from behind and Usenski spread his legs and pushed deeper with his MS7 into the hunter.

The bullets tore the hunters worms and they wiggiled and died on the floor. Usenski and seargeant Addison did not give up Usenski's clip clicked and he pulled out his SOCOM sidearm and stuck it angling upwards into the hunter. He pulled the trigger as fast as his body let him. He emptied his clip into the now dieing hunter. The hunter now began to tip over and lose its balance do to the damage the two marines did to its abdomine. Usenski realized this to late and felt the hunter begining to lean on him. Then it fell on him with its tremendous weight. The last thing Usenski heard was the call of the seargeant and then felt the air compress out of him as the hunter and he hit the ground. He felt the wieght on him and he slowly began to slip into unconsciousness.

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Chapter 8

August 31, 2552 In Center Town of Reach 1845

Usenski began to awaken from his sleep. He felt something extreamly heavy on top of him. He opened his eyes and saw there was an enormous hunter on top of him. The stench of burnt plastic filled his nose through his helmet. He looked and saw on his HUD were sploches of yellow orange liquid. He knew this was the blood of the hunter that was on top of him. He pushed the hunter just enough so he could poke his helmet out and see what was going on around him.

The fight was dragging on he saw covenant bodies laying here and there. He also saw bodies of many marines. He crawled from underneath the hunter. He checked his equipment while he was up against the wall of the alley. He reloaded the sidearm that he killed the hunter with his SOCOM. He picked up his MS7 submachinegun and slid a new clip in and holistered it on his theigh. Lastly he picked up his BR55 and checked the ammo indicator. He popped in a ejected the spent clip and popped in a brand new one. When he was satisfied he was all ready to go he looked over the smashed corner of the alley way with the dead hunter body.

He saw not to far up the hill there was still a firefight going on. The platoon survived the fight and had pushed their way all the way up the street. He ran up the street and when he began to near the fight he took cover with some marines behind a dumpster they used as cover. He looked around the street was litered with bodies of marines and some ODST's. The platoon was gone now. What was left of the sixty men that pushed up the middle street and survived the entense fighting was a fraction of what had been. There was only four squads left. No less then twenty men.

" What took you man?", asked the marine right next to him.

Usenski replied, "I had a tangle with a hunter." as he said this he glanced around and looked for the seargeant that helped him with not one, but two hunters.

"Wheres seargeant Addison?", asked Usenski he hoped that the couragous seargeant had not fallen to the covenant.

"He pushed his way up a little further up the street he's with the first two squads up there.", replied the marine next to him.

"I'm pushing up to his position is your squad in?", asked Usenski.

"Hell yeah were in!" , was the reply of the corporal that was left in charge. Usenski told the squad to prime four nades and throw them as far as they could. As the grenades detonated the squad ran up to help assist the other two squads. As Usenski slide in behind a broken down warthog with the squad that ran with him.

"*** I'm hit!", yelled the marine that was last to slide under the cover of the all terrien warthog. Plasma ate at his leg armor plating and revealed the charred black skin of the site where the shot had hit him. The marine grunted with pain. Usenski told the corporal to help the marine while he moved into position.

"I need covering fire to help me move up!", yelled Usenski. The marine squad nodded and two marines primed grenades while the others leveled there guns up to face the threat of the covenant.

"You heard the hell jumper lets give him some covering fire!", yelled the corporal. At the sound of that the marines with grenades stood and chucked them at the jackel lines that were advancing towards the squads. The rest stood up and fired with their rifles. Even the wounded marine looked out the side of the broken warthog and fired his rifle wearly.

Usenski took this chance stood up with his BR55 rifle in hand and jumped over the warthog and ran firing into the enemy lines. He zoomed in with his scope. He held on to the trigger and rounds erupted from his rifle. Two shots hit a jackel and it fell mortaly wounded. The third shot hit a grunt. The next two shots hit a jackel in the head and a grunt ate the rounds of his rifle. He could see the squad that was in cover he was running to. With the last bursts from his BR55 he used to finish an elite whose shields failed when the grenades from the squad from earlier went off. The two grenades ate into the enemy lines and the jackels dangerous overlapping shields broke line and revealed their fragile bodies. The marines took no time to extract their revenge on the covenant birds.

Usenski jumped and rolled right underneath a covenent shade turret that was destroyed. Two marines were sitting next to him on the sides. One a seargeant who had nerves of steal, the other was another hardened ODST who had the insignia of a lion on his shoulder plate and was wore and battle scarred from the fighting.

"Once again you cheat death Usenski!", cried seargeant Addison. The ODST on his right just nodded to him before glancing over the warthog and squeezing off some rounds out of his standard issue 99C-S2 sniper rifle killing an elite who was foolish enough to peek his head out from cover, two jackels who were trying to flank them, and a grunt. He ducked back behind the hog, but not before throwing a M9 grenade that shredded through some jackels and grunts.

"Names Matthew lion!", the ODST yelled over thesound of the grenade.

"My name is Usenski!", replied Usenski over the sound of combat.

"You two would make a nice couple!", laughed seargeant Addison over the sound of his M90 shotgun piercing threw the shield and body of a minor elite that was stupid enough to run at them with its plasma rifles.

"Looks like we are in for one hell of a fight!", screamed Usenski while his BR55 ripped through bone and flesh of jackels and grunts alike.

"Yeah we know we have been trying to hold this position for a good fifthteen minutes!", replied the seargeant.

"Where are the other platoons that were suppose to flank them and relive some pressure off of us?", asked Usenski while ducking behind the hog and reloading his weapon. When his ammo indicator flashed green he popped out again and began firing.

"I think the Major underestimated the strength of the covenant controlled hill!", yelled the seargeant over the sound of plasma that slammed into the top of warthog and sizzling metal sparks flying everywhere.

"I think the covenant are going to push as back, but we could hold out as long as we can!", replied Matthew.

"Yeah, but how much longer can we hold this street do you think?" , said Usenski. At the sound of this the other squads moved up into better position and began firing.

"Lets do this marines!!", yelled the seargeant. For another half hour the firefight lasted. Usenski, Matthew, and seargeant Addison held their position. Everytime the covenent advanced they would be forced back by the exhuasted marines. Seargeant fired his M90''s last shell into a covenant elite and blow his head off, the blast radius of the shotgun hit two grunts on the left and right side of the elite and dropped the.

"I'm out!", yelled the seargeant. Usenski fired his last BR55 burst into an unshielded elites head blood splurted out and the elite dropped to its knees and fell over.

"So am I!" , yelled Usenski. He pulled his MS7 submachinegun. After Matthew fired his last BR55 shot he pulled his M6D magnum and fired into the lances of grunts.

"Me to!", screamed Matthew. The fight was going well with suprior position and good aim the last of the marines were holding out well, but the problem was not enemy, the problem was that they were all down to their sidearms except a few marines.

"Whens help coming!", Yelled the corporal behind Usenski. Usenski knew that the would all be done for if help did not come. He popped in his last clip and sprayed in short burst at the covenant hungry for their blood. He finished an elite with his last spray as it dropped to the floor an explosion was heard. While pulling out his SOCOM he did not take his eyes off the hill where the explosion came from. The covenant ran and were shot by the now battle hardened marines of Charlie platoon. The men were picking up covenant weapons and running at the distored covenant. Usenski ran up the street shooting the covenent with a plasma pistol and his trusty SOCOM. When they got to the top of the hill Usenski turned the corner to see where the help was coming from when he collided with an elite.

This elite grinned. This elite was a field master. Usenski shot with his SOCOM against the elite. It was useless and he knew it, but he did not let off the trigger. The elite knocked him down. As the golden elite raised his sword a green blur slammed into the golden elite. Usenski stared in awe as the green alien grappled with the gold elite. The metalic god grabbed the elites sword hand and broke it. As the elite howled in pain and then the green alien slammed its knee into the gold elites stomach and threw the elite over its own shoulder as the green metalic robot slammed the elite it took it's sword and plunged it into the stomach of the elite.

"Usenski are you alright!", yelled Matthew as the ODST ran around the corner he stopped to help Usenski up. He stopped as the metalic god with the golden visor walked over to Usenski and helped him get up. Usenski had fought alongside with these legends before only once. These soilders were the best of the best. The green god helped him was a spartan......

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You can't play halo wars until you see this video
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