diablo

Yeaa its cuz of the cussing i tried to mostly bleep them out and the forum did the rest thats why there are soo many asterisks if you want the real un-edited version i have it posted on my website

******PROLOGUE******** 1635 Hours/March 14,2544(Military Calendar)/UNSC Controlled Space/Planet New Harmony/planet side "All units report" barked ODST Lt. Parker into the com, he stood atop a stainless steel 8x8 foot tower that shot up 30 feet into the evening glare. from his position he could see without any difficulty a steady flow of human flesh coming from what seemed like all the corners of the world. in the distance the wine of plasma fire followed by an instant reply of Automatic gun fire echoed loudly. "roger Red lead this is Blue lead I've got 4 missing and 16 dead." the reply burst in through the static. "Blue lead this is Yellow lead I've got 14 dead and half of the companies wounded." "blue lead this is Sargeant James Tucker... Im the only one left of Green company we were ambushed I managed to escaped but the rest were rounded up then executed." "acknowledged" was all Parker could say as he looked at the grim faces of his battalion. some were in shock, others pale faced,but one thing was certain, even from afar he could have seen the white's of ALL their eyes. some talked about the mission objectives going through it step by step trying to find what went wrong, trying to seek the answer to why it had all gone to hell. Lost in thought even Parker began to think what also went wrong. "it was simple, so damn simple" he thought, he clenched his jaw, his hands into fists. what had turned from a simple run and gun on the covenant light recon base had turned into a Bloody fight for survival, they had expected them but how? before he could come up with an answer, private Marciano who had been busy walking around look towards the distant glare of fire in the woods saw some shimmering figures, before suddenly screaming at the top of his lungs "LOOK OUT THE ******** HAVE COME FOR MORE!" then in an instant the battalion was fighting for their very lives yet again. the covenant had brought almost every able bodied soldier they could muster. hundreds of grunts came at the battalion and let loose with plasma and needle barrages. those ODST's who did n't react fast enough were either blow apart or were burned to a crisp by the amount of plasma bolts they recieved for their carelessness. others jumped behind any cover they could find and began to return fire. Lt Parker began Firing his MA5B he immediatly dropped two grunts who had the gull of trying to take a fallen ODST's grenade belt as a prize. he turned his attention toward the covenant horde coming from the woods. he chose an Elite major with an Energy sword gleaming in his hands and fired, his ammo indicator dropped as the rounds impacted the elites shielding. he had just broken its shields when his AR made a distinct "Click" "Click" without pause he thumbed the magazine release and began reloading when a plasma bolt struck him in the chest, he fell backward dropping his MA5B, he toppled onto the remains of a private who had half of his face blown clean off. he turned to his left saw a standard navy issue M6D pistol tried to reach for it when an armored hoof slammed down on his arm. he screamed in pain as the weight broke his arm at the elbow, he looked up to see the elite major, energy sword in hand look at him. the Elite smiled and bared its hideous teeth as he swung the blade up, but before he could bring it down, his head instantly became a fountain of purple-black blood. Parker looked behind him in time to see Corporal Mangan who had blood flowing from both the corners of his mouth and his left eye give him a thumbs up then fall back letting the still smoking SRSS-S2AM Sniper rifle fall from his hands. Parker crawled behind a small sandbag wall and managed to find a Shotgun held in a Dead marines hand. a quick look at the chamber revealed seven slugs still inside waiting to be used against any careless covenant stupid enough to get within kill-range. "Regroup ad Counter attack He Screamed into his helmet Mic. "ROGER THAT BLUE LEAD!" barked Yellow leader Sgt. Montana. Parkerr keyed his mic on all frequencies "All units Regroup by Yellow lead pop smoke if you have to". no sooner had he finished when 50 smoke canisters flew at the covenant in front of him and provided the best opportunity for Parker to run like hell. he turned and ripped of his grenade belt and in one swift motion he primed all the grenades and tossed them into the smoke. Five Reverberated Thumps sounded followed by the Anguished cries of pain and suffering from the grunts, Elites, and Jackals that were unlucky enough to be near Parker's mini mega bomb. five minutes later Parker jumped over a wall of sand and headed into a hastly made bunker that was made before the covenant had attacked them. he entered the command center. "so you made it?" chuckled Montana, he was still covered in fresh blood both human and covenant.Parker quickly replied "there's not time for a quick chat if they're weren't pissed before then they're pissed now." as if to put a period on Parker's warning a Distant Thump followed by whining plasma. "the covenant have Stormed the base I repeat the covenant have aaarggh..." the Com went dead. "**** lets go" said Montana. he moved to gym bags labeled UNSC property. he unzipped the bags and pulled out a standard issue BRB55-marksman rifle or Battle Rifle "here ya go" as he passed it to Parker. he also pulled out a Sub-machinegun, which he also tossed to Parker . "here take this as well just in case". Montana tossed him some Spare mags and a few grenades. though Parker knew that the subs ammunition couldn't penetrate shielding good, it was the fact that the rate of rounds being shot out of the barrel that helped level this gun into a good weapon. "lets move" said Montana, and as both clicked of their safeties, they began sprinting into the hallway and into the darkness, lost in the flashes of gunfire and plasma... * *******CHAPTER 1******** 1640 Hours/March 14,2544(Military Calendar)/UNSC Controlled Space/Planet New Harmony/planet side "HOSTILES AT TWELVE O'CLOCK!!'. Parker wheeled around and put a burst into a grunt's chest, its armor splintered and broke from the burst of bullets and the grunt dropped dead. "the ******** are everywhere" he muttered, over the past five minutes he had moved in a dead run from room to room clearing as many covies' as he could and saving any human lives that were left in the after-math. a female marine and two ODST's tagged along side him. they rounded a corner in time to see an elite Zealot cut a marine in two with his energy sword. there was no word from the marine as he clattered onto the floor, the elite turned spotted them and warbled a war cry and charged. Parker swore and yelled " LET THE SONUVABITCH HAVE IT!". the marine and two ODST's opened fire with their MA5B's, the elites charged slowed but not slow enough as bullet shells clanged onto the floor and all three's ammo count dropped rapidly. Parker switched to his SMG and opened fire screaming madly with his eyes locked onto the elite's energy sword, as if saved by grace the elite's shield overloaded and dropped as the marine and ODST's ammo ran out leaving Parker still firing, that meant that half of Parker's clip was emptied straight into the elites chest. it howled in pain as the volume of bullets tore his armor and flesh apart then penetrated and destroyed his internal organs before exiting out of his back, he fell to his knee's but before he could stand a shotgun blast rung out and blew his head off relieving him of his mortal agony. as the body crumpled to the floor spouting blood, Parker looked at where the shot had come from and saw the still smoking barrel of the shotgun followed by the figure holding it. he looked at the gloved hand and the irridescent-green armor plates then at the glowing gold visor, he marveled as it spoke "Lt James Parker?" yes was all he could utter. because right in front of him like a mysterious figure stood a spartan III. "sir spartan-098 sir, I'm your ticket outta here". he stood their just looking at the spartan before a female scream brought him back into reality, but with a blur of speed the spartan picked him up and tossed him lightly to the side, he crashed to the floor hit his head on something hard and before he blacked out he saw the horrified look of the female marine with an energy sword right through her abdomen, followed by a shotgun blast and AR fire and then darkness enveloped him. he woke up seconds later on the back of the spartan, who was running at full speed into the darkness of the forest. though his vision was blury looked to either side and saw the blurred outlines of both the ODST's were running but struggling to be along either side of the spartan, however one appeared to be missing his left hand "no" he thought and forced his blurry vision to focus. he realized that the ODST was not only missing his hand, but his left arm from the elbow up was completely gone. in its place was a battle dressing that was wet with fresh blood. as if sensing Parker's presence, the spartan stopped at what appeared to be a small meadow and let him slide off his back, Parker felt a sudden electrical resistance, then saw what appeared to be shielding technology on the the spartan's back. the spartan surveyed the area then turned and faced Parker, he took off his helmet. But before Parker could say anything the spartan's face stunned him, he appeared to be no older than 19. " chiefpettyofficer 2nd class spartan-098 sir, but you can call me Alex sir." the spartan saluted. "at ease" was all Parkerer could say, he was still lost in the moment when Alex replied "sir i dont think we have time to think and plan." Parker nodded then turned two the ODST's both covered in human blood, probably from the ensign he shuddered as her screams echoed into his mind. he looked back at Alex and asked him "how far are we from the emergency designated LZ?". Alex replied without turning as if he knew Parker was going to ask him "about 8 miles west sir", Parker thought for a moment before nodding then turned to the ODST's. "lock and load we've got a long walk" said Parker as he reloaded his SMG, and heard the satisfying click as the bolt cycled and the first bullet slipped into the chamber. he turned to Alex who was looking in the opposite direction as if waiting for something to come out of the forest. seconds later Parker saw a sight that he knew he would never forget, 3 other spartans walked out of the forest straight toward him, it took nearly every ounce of power to stop his flight or fight response. if he was scared now he figured that the covenant were also scared of them. all four of them stopped and in a line saluted perfectly. "at ease" said Parker very uncomfortably. then one stepped forward and spoke to him "ChiefPettyOfficer 1st class spartan-045 Donovan sir". he then gestured to his left "chiefpettyofficer 2nd class Spartan-195 Kelsey". Then gestured to his right "and Chiefpettyofficer 3rd class spartan-323 Johnny..." At the mention of his name the spartan tilted his head as if annoyed,"... or as he would like to be called Ghost" said Donovan. he ignored Ghost's outburst and his low grunt of approval, "sir!" said Ghost and Kelsey in unision. then all three of them looked at Alex, Donovan walked up toward him and stuck out his arm alex did the same and they both locked arms then nodded. "Well I'm sorry to inturupt they reunion but WHERE IN THE HELL ARE WE GOING TO DO NOW?" both the spartans and halinger turned toward the ODST's who had been quiet the whole time. "Who said that?" said Alex with a hint of irritation. the ODST with his left arm gone from the elbow up stepped toward alex, until his helmet practically touch alex's "I DID" he growled. though Alex was three heads taller than the ODST it appeared as if the soldier didn't care apparently lost in anger. "I DID" he repeated, "SO WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT HUH?". "whats your name soldier" barked Ghost who had taken the ODST's abrupt Cockyness as an insult. The ODST glared at Alex's visor for a few seconds before he turned to look at Ghost "Corporal Anthony Austin Dempsey of the 154th Drop Jet platoon sir but why dont you just shove it up your a..." before Dempsey could even finish what he could say Kelsey had him by the neck, a 12 inch combat knife appeared just centimeters from his jugular vein. "care to fix your sentence when speaking to a superior" she quietly whispered in a viciously sweet voice. Dempsey Gulped before speaking "...sorry sir adrenaline was pumping wont happen again." in a flash Kelsey sheathed her Combat Knife, before releasing then pushing Dempsey away. she gave a nod to Ghost who nodded back. Alex looked a the other ODST trooper who flinched immediately. "and whats yours.." "the ODST swallowed he glanced at Kelsey as though thinking of what he should say before speaking, " C...Corporal D...Daniel Jameson of the uhh... the uhmm..." "...he's from the 145th division" interrupted Dempsey,"...Sir" he added as if he just remembered his encounter with Kelsey. Alex ignored the interruption then glanced back at Parker, "sir we better get a move on my radar has just point out 30 plus hostiles all making a bee-line toward us. "Parker nodded, then turned to the rest of them who were now under his command, thought the better of it then turned to Alex "how about you lead in case I... you know..". "don worry sir..." Alex replied as he turned then muttered to himself, "... I wont fail you I'll sacrifice myself if I have to"... 1845 Hours/March 14,2544(Military Calendar)/UNSC Controlled Space/Planet New Harmony/planet side "RED 1, 2 and 3 secure a perimeter plant sensors traps anything so no stealth elites can give us the slip". three acknowledgement lights lit up, as Kelsey, Ghost, and Donovan disappeared into the forest. alex leaned against the tree and call up his team's list scrolled down to a beautiful picture of a young woman with full lips and dark green eyes, he stared at the image of Chiefpettyofficer 1st class spartan-069 Marissa, then closed his eyes. after a second he opened his eyes and with a sigh listed her as K.I.A. he closed the list then began cleaning his MA5C assault rifle. thought not the standard MA5B Assault Rifle that both Marines and ODST's take as a first choice, the MA5C was still true to its name with only one minor specification one being that instead of the normal 60 round magazine it was downed to 32 rounds a clip. but its accuracy during both burst and full-auto modes were impressive which meant this weapon was an exceptional mid-range weapon and a pretty decent long-range capability. Alex however wished he had a Designated marksman Rifle or DMR for short. not because of its design but because of its dependability, since its accuracy and powerful punch from the round size perfectly equalizes the fact that it only holds 14 bullets a magazine that and its low rate of fire. in less than five minutes Alex had expertly stripped, cleaned, and reassembled his Weapon and had just begun a routine check-up on his suits diagnostic systems when Kelsey, Ghost both of whom were each were supporting Donovan between them, appeared out of the bush. Though he could not see their faces, he knew something was up. they laid Donovan down in an upright sitting position, his helmet visor was cracked badly and half of his body armor plating was a charred black, his head tilted at an angle. "unconscious" Alex thought instantaneously. Ghost opened opened a private comm channel between him and Alex, "we were almost done setting up a perimeter when Donovan told me and Kelsey that one of his sensors had buzzed out, he said he'd check it out and reassured us that it could be just that the equipment was damaged..." as if sensing what he was going to say Kelsey interrupted "... next thing we know his comm goes off but before he could say anything we hear an explosion and his comm went dead, we sprinted to the location of his sensor to find an elite with an energy sword in his hand, and holding him by his neck with his other...". Kelsey lowered her head before looking up, " Ghost fired and the elite tossed Donovan to the side and he faced us, he charged and after a brief skermish we put him down then...". Ghost looked at Donovan then at Kelsey before looking at Alex. "...Long story short we gotta get the hell out of hear NOW!" Alex stood their for two full seconds before he nodded turned and went looking for Parker... 1850 Hours/March 14,2544(Military Calendar)/UNSC Controlled Space/Planet New Harmony/planet side "So your saying that we need to move now?" Parker said in a serious tone. "yes sir from what my squad reported we have 10 minutes or less until the covenant closes in on us, unless we leave now and provide a distraction" replied Alex. Parker looked at Alex before saying "Who will be the Distraction?". Alex was quiet for a second before replying "its not who sir its a what?" puzzled Parker added "What do you mean by its a what?". Alex took a deep breath before explaining the decoy strategy that he was going to use. which involved most the weapons they were carrying and the grenades they had left followed by a few precisely placed audio tapes that the Spartans had with them t record field skirmishes, and a lot of wire and para-cord also part of their equipment. "... its a long shot sir but its our best shot, if it fails we'll stop after a few minutes. rest then my squad will give you the time you need to escape. then head 8 mile west, and you should be able to reach the base by dawn." Parker nodded "and if it does fail it was an honor serving with you for these past few hours petty officer" Parker managed a smile and Alex returned a nod, "like-wise sir" five minutes later with everything in place Alex, Parker Kelsey, and the two ODST's along with ghost carrying Donovan headed into the forest... 1855 Units/Age of Reclamation (Covenant Calendar)/UNSC Controlled Space/Planet New Harmony/planet side officer Kiporra Imorrarmee stared through his microbinoculars at the "Temporary camp" set up by the Human's. he was less than three kilometers away, yet he swore he cold smell there wretched stench, as if they were only mere inches from his face. "Excellency what should we do now?", squeaked a grunt called jabjap the elite officer turned to his left and faced the grunt. "what do you mean we?" his eyes narrowed, jabjap's knees were beginning to shake. "I mean what shall I do your Excellency?", jabjap said. "hmm" the elite officer thought for a moment he had already grown tiresome of his cohoert jabjap so he promptly answered him "why don YOU go to that campsite.." he pointed directly to the human encampment."... and see if there is any activity from the vermin." jabjap swallowed hard, felt a lump in his throat form but managed to answer "yes Excellency I'll be back soon" jabjap turned and picked up his needler, then walked to the weapons cache, picked up one then thought about it and grabbed two more plasma grenades. and began walking toward the camp. he was no more the fifty feet away when he triggered a tripwire he instantly froze, closed his eyes and counted the seconds "1,2,3,4.....5?" he opened his eyes, confused he looked around on the ground he spotted the tripwire but their appeared to be no sign of explosives, he he let the air from his lungs escape heavily, Kiporra who was looking through his microbinoculars saw jabjap turn to face him, saw his arm start to go up to deliver the ok signal. when the next second a bullet tore through the silence and cracked jabjap's armor and blew a fist sized whole near his stomach. a spray of luminous blue blood splatter all around, and jabjap hit the ground dead a second later the gunshot reverberated throughout the area. Kiporra immediately turned to his right just in time to see the flash of where the shot had been taken go dark, he dropped his binoculars and grabbed his type 45 beam rifle, he turned to where he had spotted the flash zoomed in and waited. there was nothing but silence and the gentle swaying of branches. Kipporra starred through his magnification and was about to move when he saw a glint of metal, he smirked and aimed about 2 inches to the left of the glint fired and heard something fall backwards. satisfied he immedieatly let his gun cool before switching to his plasma rifle he clicked his com and barked, "all forces move up on the encampent make sure not one of them lives to escape. the minute he let go of his com nine squads of elite kill teams ran toward the human encampment. he followed close behind as the first team closed in on the camp, they unknowingly set of a dozen trip wires, they got to the encampment and saw the decoys. they turned to signal when a frag grenade apparently hidden only centimeters underground blew, killing the whole squad instantly. kipporra instantly sprinted behind a thick tree, and not a moment to soon, as gun fire sputtered from almost all the corners of the forest, and explosions erupted. all of the elite kill squads grunts dropped under the barrage of AP fire he heard the distinct voices of the humans who for the moment had stumped the troops under his command. he turned and began firing at the places where he heard the voices as more automatic gunfire tore at his shields he ducked back behind the tree he turned again and primed a plasma grenade he tossed it in the direction of the gunfire heared it detonate and sprinted into the direction he burst through the smoke and leveled his plasma rifle only to find a human rifle floating in mid-air. confused he looked more closely and saw a thin line not just one but dozens of them arrayed in different directions, enraged he grabbed the rifle and tore it off the wire heard about a dozen almost silent clicks, he instantly tried to scramble and was only two inches away when the frags that were strapped against three surrounding trees detonated. the explosion combined with the millions of airborne tree shards overloaded his shielding, he screamed in pain as the three to seven inch long shards tore through his armor like AP rounds, cut and jammed themselves into his body. he fell face first into a pit and tried to rise, he fell again and pushed the shards against his chest deeper into his chest cavity. he howled in agony and grabbed onto a wire, which he used as an anchor and pulled himself up, he was relieved when he saw that the wire was only connected to a tree. he looked around and saw that only six of the original 36 soldiers in his command were still alive, all were elites but many of them were badly injured. only one had no major injuries, two of them had internal bleeding and had some of the tree shards stuck in various places in there bodies. one was pinned to a tree. three shards with wires jammed into his arms and stomach. and two were bleeding from from their chests, one had a 5 inch wide and 3 foot long shard inserted into his right shoulder. the other had a ragged whole between his left lung and left shoulder. Kipporra stood for a moment and let the blood drip from his claws, he looked at the remainder of his company before assessing his dead. it was clear that this trap had meant to not only delay them but to inflict damage, yet the amount of damage done, he thought was more extreme than other traps that he had face with these so called humans. though he reasoned that a "species always grows more dangerous the closer they are to extinction" this type of trap just couldn't have been done by a human, "no" he thought this is to complex and would require more time. "unless..." Kipporra suddenly felt a tightness in his chest. "no...here...but...thats impossible... then again" he looked back at the remainder of his company. next he looked at the dead bodies littering the forest floor, the he finally rested his gaze on the very contraption that to the life of his fellow brothers, and almost to his own life as well. his fear confirmed his suspicions. the demons had most certainly had to have done this. he bared his teeth in anger and clenched his bloody claws into fists. "and when i find them i will have there heads mounted on a pillar as a suvenir of this infernal war. *****CHAPTER 2****** 2024 Hours/March 14,2544(Military Calendar)/UNSC Controlled Space/Planet New Harmony/planet side "lets stop and camp here for tonight" said Parker who along with the two ODST's was gasping and weezing for breath. they had jogged for nearly 4 miles non-stop up hills and through creaks and rivers. however the spartan's looked as if they were barely out of breath. after a few seconds Parker walked toward Alex who was busy giving commands to his remaining active spartan's " Ghost set up the remaining Motion Trackers and set them for maximum range" "Kelsey check up on Donovan and patch up any holes with the emergency Kit, then when your done see what you can do about Mr big mouth over there" he jerked a thumb at Dempsey who was busy muttering and looking at the remnant's of his left arm. two blue light's winked in the dark as they set out on their tasks. before Parker could say something, Alex as if sensing him fro behind spoke first. "something on your mind Lieutenant?". Parker paused before saying, "how did you get here I never got any Intel about spartan's coming planet-side?". Alex sighed before answering. "well sir, we were here before even you and your ODST platoon landed. you see this planet has secrets that ONI...." "ONI? what the hell are ONI spooks doing this far from reach? there's nothing important for them here" Parker interjected. "...Actually sir there is" Alex's reply dumbstruck Parker. the conversation was cut short however when Kelsey Called through the com "Alex... it's Donovan." Alex excused himself then made his way towards Kelsey, leaving Parker to wonder what this "ONI secret" was and if he could Stomach the answer and the Price to retrieve it. seconds later Alex stopped near the oak Tree that Donovan was leaning on, now that he had time to fully see his injuries. He Cringed inside himself, as he saw the extent of them. most of his armor was fused with his arms and legs. his helmet was off and he could see the area's where Kelsey had stitched up his wounds to prevent further blood loss. he moved his gaze to Donovan's helmet which lay tilted on its side a few inches from Donovan's body. he picked it up and looked closely at the visor. His Visor wasn't cracked like he had previously thought, in fact it appeared to be smashed in. But, before he could conclude what weapon had been used as a club, Kelsey appeared next to him as if from thin air.. "Did you tell him?" Kelsey asked Alex in a Private Com Channel that she opened up. "no but in going to" he replied, He looked away from Donovan, he couldn't bear to look at him this way, he set down the helmet before he looked at Kelsey. though her face was hidden behind the gold visor her Body language towards his remark showed her annoyance. "you know you cant tell him ONI regulations say..." "screw their regulations" he hissed back. "they fought Hard for this planet hell they are giving there lives for this damn secret they have a right to know what it is." Kelsey nodded then added "then you know the price right" "I did it once for marissa, and i will break regulations again, if i have to..." "... Do what let them know the truth?" Alex turned and saw Ghost leaning on a tree. "Yes. They have a right to know." Alex replied, followed by uncomfortable silence. "what are guys yapping about?", Rasped Donovan, Alex looked at Donovan surprised that he was awake. "nothing... hey Don how do feel?", said Alex quickly turning the subject to Donovan's present condition. "... Like a Damn hunter Ran my ass over, and started playing Racket ball with my body" Donovan replied. he managed a faint smile but he couldn't hide the pain with it if he tried hard enough. can you walk. "NO!" Kelsey replied instantly "his left Achilles' is almost torn completely he risks tearing it completely, and his other is severely pulled he risks tearing it as well." Kelse I'm fine really..." he tried to stand and instantly fell face forward grunting in pain. "...****! ok maybe I cant walk doesn't mean i cant fight." he said as he pulled himself up on a nearby tree. Alex thought for a moment before asking Kelsey, "can you stitch'em up?". Kelsey bit her lip but replied. "yes but...", " ...then do it" alex said sternly. he walked to Donovan and said "Don any thing else we need to know" while Donovan thought, Alex nodded to Ghost who Grabbed a rock, then tossed it directly at the back of Donovan's head. it's aim struck true and Donovan toppled forward, he was out cold as Alex caught him and laid him down onto the forest floor. "anesthesia delivered Doc" chuckled Alex as he walked away, "oh and when your done kelse be sure you check on the ODST..." 2355 Units/Age of Reclamation (Covenant Calendar)/UNSC Controlled Space/Planet New Harmony/ Covenant Fleet of Righteousness/ Aboard Covenant super carrier DIVINE RIGHT "So you let these humans escape?", Kiporra stood tall covered with dressings many still wet with fresh blood, and waited for permission to speak. as the silver colored Zealot know as Thelos Verdamee Paced from side to side, "ANSWER ME OFFICER DID YOU OR DID YOU NOT LET THESE HUMANS ESCAPE" Growled Verdamee, Kiporra waited half a unit before answering, "yes excellency but let me explain..." "NO...!" Thelos cut him of "YOU HAVE EXPLAINED ENOUGH YOU MAY NOT BE UNDER MY COMMAND, BUT DO NOT FAIL ME AGAIN, OR YOU WILL NOT LIVE TO REGRET IT, NOW LEAVE MY SIGHT.!!" "Yes excellency" Kiporra bowed before exiting the Zealot's chamber he walked towards the command deck and passed by a group of elites who were busy watching two elite minors fight with energy swords. infuriated he screamed "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING!!" the group of elites suddenly turned and stood tall, apparently to scared to confront an elite officer. especially one from the Imorramee family clan, the two elites with the energy swords stopped there make-shift duel and stared at Kiporra. one turned of his energy sword and bowed, "my apologies excellency my fellow sangheili wanted to sharpen his skills in case he ever needed to use his sword in battle." Kiporra Clicked his mandibles the equivalent of a shrug. before responding "very well but only this time and may it be noted that if you EVER do this I will personally order you to fall on your sword is this CLEAR?" "YES EXCELLENCY!" said both elites in unison. they Bowed before parting to the side so Kiporra Could Pass, Kiporra then headed towards the Docking bay Corridor, and was about enter the gravitational elevator when a grunt black ops, suddenly tugged at his hand excitedly and squeaked at him, " Greetings!! Excellency my name is Jaojao. I'm the Replacement for you previous cohoert jabjap, it is a great honor to serve under a Imorramee!" the grunt's sudden cheerfulness stunned Kiporra, he knew that most if not all grunt's hated to be partners with high ranking Sangheili, but this one... seemed different... very different. "who gave you this order...Jaojao?" almost without pause Jaojao replied, " Excellency? my orders came from the Zealot Thalos himself But..." "But what?" interjected Kiporra. "... I thought you were already notified of this order?", said Jaojao apparently confused. "Of course I knew I just needed to verify that it was you, Thalos was Talking about.", Kippora said quickly, then after a second of thought he added, "well then come along we need to get to the docking bay my ship will be leaving for that wretched planet soon.". Kiporra turned around and got into the elevator turned around and saw the grunt walking away in the other direction. "Well aren't you coming along?", he asked, Jaojao turned around and replied. "I will be along with you shortly Excellency my methane tank is running low. And I need to go to the medical quarters to have it refilled, it will not take me long". Kiporra clicked his mandibles in annoyance, "Very well" he replied. " but if you are not down there within 14 Units from now you WILL be left aboard this ship understood?" Kiporra added. "yes Excellency" Jaojao called back. with that Kiporra pressed the console and the elevator lowered him. once he was out of sight, Jaojao took a quick look around and once reassured that it was clear, took out a com link and turned it on. "Yes excellency this is Jaojao he took the bait he believes i'm actually his dead cohoert's replacement.", "good, keep in eye on him Jaojao if he fails again remember what i told you to do understand?",replied Thalos. "Yes, yes I do excellency", said Jaojao he turned off the com-link and chuckled to himself. "I know what to do." he said to himself as he walked towards the elevator, went inside and pressed the console. as it dropped he pulled out the energy stave that Thalos had given him. he smiled then holstered it inside next to his plasma pistol, as the elevator stopped at the docking bay. he walked out saw Kiporra's ship, and saw Kiporra signaling him to get on. And as he made his way, he stared at him and touched the hilt of his hidden energy stave"soon...". He thought, "...soon.". ******CHAPTER 3******* 0000 Hours/March 15,2544(Military Calendar)/UNSC Controlled Space/Planet New Harmony/planet side/ Corporal Austin Dempsey "there, your all patched up this will hold for know, but try not to play with it too much". Said Kelsey as she wiped Dempsey's blood from her hands onto the floor. "thanks for bandaging me up", he replied "your welcome" she answered back as she stood up and walked away. leaving Dempsey sitting near his MA5B. He leaned back onto a fallen oak stump sighed, and closed his eyes. just when he was about to fall asleep, a voice woke him. "hey Dempsey come over here NOW!!" he cursed quietly before getting up, he turned to where the voice was and saw Jameson his helemt in hand, standing near a clearing. Dempsey walked over to him. and before Jameson could say anything, he punched him in the shoulder with his right Hand."OW! HEY WHAT THE HELL?!", said Jameson rubbing his shoulder. "its not just Dempsey you dumbass, its Corporal Dempsey to you" he growled back. "what the hell do you want anyway." he added. "jesus, man just wanted you to take a look near the tree's, on the other side of the clearing to see if you saw anything." Jameson pointed ahead to a grand oak tree about 75 ft from where they stood. "look closely" he said. "Shut up I'm looking", Dempsey shot back. he squinted his eyes before he switched his visor's view to thermal. he looked at the tree again and saw a huge heat signature with a cold signature on the left side. a second later he saw the cold signature move up near the top of the blob. "what...the...F...", was all he could say before a beam of light came directly from the tree, went through Jameson's chest, and blood exploded onto Dempsey the shot's echo followed a heartbeat later. no noise came out of Jameson's mouth as he crashed onto his back, blood flowing like a river from his chest. "****!!" Dempsey screamed as he dive next to Jameson, narrowly escaping the second flash that was aimed at where his head was only a milisecond earlier. "Damn, Damn, DAMN!!" he growled, as he dragged Jamesons body behind the nearest tree. he immediately applied pressure to Jameson's Chest. "HELP, HELP SOMEBODY HELP, DAMMIT!!!" he screamed, Jameson looked at Dempsey, he tried to speak and manged to say "Dempsey..(gurgle)... I... I...(gurgle)... feel...(gurgle)... cold... its supposed... to... to (gurgle) ...hurt right?." "DONT WORRY YOUR GONNA MAKE JUST STAY WITH ME... STAY WITH ME DAMMIT!!" Dempsey said, Jameson turned to the sky, saying. "its...(gurgle/gasp)...a beautiful sky...(cough/gurgle)" he coughed up blood. and tears started to fall mixing with the blood that pooled near his head. "I ain't gonna make it...(gurgle) am i?" he said as he turned to look at dempsey who tried to remove his helmet with his left stump of an arm. he managed to remove it when he heard movement turned and saw, Parker along with Alex, Kelsey and Ghost burst through the tree's. "Ghost cover left i'll go right Kelsey stay here and protect LT.Parker" said Alex as he and Ghost disappeared into the foliage. "what the hell hap-" Parker stopped mid-sentence at the sight of Jameson in a pool of his own blood. "DON'T JUST ******* STAND THERE. HELP HIM!!!" screamed Dempsey directing his words straight at Kelsey who stood there like a rock, he turned to look at Jameson, who was starring at him with tears in his eyes. "its...(gurgle/gasp)... okay... (gurgle)... I can... finally...(gurgle/gasp )see... my...(cough)" he coughed blood again, then stopped moving as his eyes clouded and death took hold at last. Dempsey lowered his head "No, No, dammit no." he looked at Jameson's still figure as Anger boiled over and every muscle in his body Was Tense with rage. "he... was just a kid..." he whispered to himself. he grabbed his assault rifle, and started walking towards the clearing. Parker Took hold of his shoulder "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING THE SPARTANS WILL GET HIM", Dempsey stopped and Parker new he had hit a nerve. "the spartan's" Dempsey said "THE SPARTANS?!" he turned an faced Parker. his face red, teeth barred, his eyes burning with anger and hatred "NO SCREW THEM, DIDN'T YOU SEE SHE COULD HAVE HELPED HIM SHE-" Kelsey cut him off with her reply, "no I couldn't have it was to late he had lost to much blood, even if i could have stopped the bleeding i-" BUT YOU DIDN'T YOU DIDN'T EVEN ******* TRY." Dempsey roared in anger. "YOU KNOW WHAT? DAMN THIS... DAMN THIS ALL TO HELL!" and took of at full speed into the clearing, Parker, barked "NO! DAMMIT AUSTIN DON'T STAND DOW THAT'S AN ORDER!!", but Parker's "Order" was ignored as dempsey's anger and rage took hold, he toss a grenade toward the tree, and began firing his assault rifle, "COME AT ME YOU ******* COWARD!!", he bellowed with fury. his MA5B let out a click,click. and like a mother he fed it another clip, as the Elite sniper jump from the tree and narrowly escaped the grenade's fiery embrace. the elite made a grab for his plasma rifle as rounds bounced of it's shield the Elite turned to see Dempsey, who in his rage threw aside his assault rifle and drew his knife. before the elite could react Dempsey tackled him and caused the elite to dropped his plasma rifle, the elites shield flared then died as he smashed onto a rock disoriented, Dempsey jammed his stumped arm into the elites mouth, raised his other arm with the knife and jammed it into the elites chest slicing it upward, blood spewed like a fountain. the covenant soldier tried to scream in agony but only managed a muffled moan. "YOU FILTHY DAMN HINGE FACE NOT SO TOUGH NOW WITHOUT YOU ******* SHIELD HUH?!?" he hissed as he made eye contact with the elite. he raised his knife again then buried it between the elites collar bone and snapped it down breaking the bone in two the elite bit down on dempsey's stump. trying to cause pain against his attacker, but Dempsey's rage countermanded the pain. the elite managed to push the enraged ODST of him, tried to recover but took a boot to the face as Dempsey pounced on him yet again. he managed to remove his combat knife as the elite, kicked threw him off a second time. the elite got up turned and started to run when a burst of AR rounds cut through his back, he stumbled tried to stand he turned to face Dempsey. then an MA5B smashed into his face as he fell onto his back. Dempsey stood over him Assault rifle in his right hand the elite tried to scramble, and recieved another burst for his trouble this time into his leg. he howled in agony. he looked into Dempsey's eyes as they burned with outright hatred. he was met with the same stare from Dempsey. the elite tried to raise his hand when Dempsey emptied his remainding rounds into the elites body. 45 rounds entered and mutilated the elites insides as each round tore the flesh and bone and innards. Dempsey tossed the still smoking assault rifle to the side and kneeled before the still living elite it turned towards Dempsey grunting with pain and agony. "your one tough sonuvabitch i'll give you that" said Dempsey. as the elite tried to grab for its fallen plasma rifle. Dempsey stood up walked toward the elite's reaching arm, and slammed his foot against it breaking it from the wrist the elite choked and coughed blood failing to scream. "not this time pal" whispered Dempsey he brought out his knife and kneeled, before his helpess prey. "who's scared now huh..." he whispered his rage and fury boiling over "...HUH?!...WHO THE HELLS SCARED NOW YOU *******" he screamed and jammed his blade into the elite's throat, blood spatter onto his hand as the elite coughed and writhed below him. kicking and flailing it's leg's wildly Dempsey leaned closer as they both made eye contact. "you took away the life of a youngster. From his family... and now.. hehe... now i'm gonna do the ****** same" with that remark he twisted his knife to the left and heard a sickening snap as he broke the elites neck. he kneeled there for a moment. Then got up, he spied the elite's energy sword hilt a few feet ,grabbed it activated it then turned and cut of the elites head completely with. after a few seconds. he deactivated the sword and clipped it to his thigh then walked back towards parker he dropped the head at Parker's feet. Parker stood looking at it mortified, he looked at Dempsey woke spoke back to him "Thought your spartans were going to get him" he spat on the elites decapitated head then walked away...

Question would at least 2 times a week be plausible or... not and if yes my GT: lilgaito im an SR85 and my KD is .95 i think (its not negative cuz i have about 1000 more kills than Deaths)

are their any other requirments besides those? im a lv 84 spartan on halo 4 my GT is lilgaito check my profile out to see if i can accept

trust me im having blast here reading posts chatting its all so cool thanks for the welcome

as you guys barely know me im lil gaito started playin halo when i was about 7 and thought i didnt under stand it that much. i became ecstatic about this particular game to myself after i beat it (sadly on easy) i became so absorb by it it felt that if i had any problems, i could lose myself when ever i want in the winding hallways or the lush green forests. in halo i could recklessly charge enemies (sometimes dying in the process) with marines who were willing to fight a battle with the odds against them but when i was 8 i was taken away from my family and landed or bounced from house to house with the only thing that i thought was the most important thing to me. of course it was halo i have every thing the books the figures even the lego sets ( which i still have today) alone i would just forget my problems every time i put the game in the console. when i was 10 halo 2 came out and i got within the 2nd hour of its release. and so with halo 3. i created a profile on bungie when i became fourteen and even thought i was still in FFC i would chat for hours and hours about halo online with my fello bungie members, and after bungie came out with halo wars and halo 3 and halo reach. i heard the most terrible news that i wish i could of never have heard. bungie was done with the halo saga. i played every single halo game that night knowing that i will never find out if the chief comes back or is alive. then i saw the trailer for halo CE: anniversary with the new developers of halo 343 industries. since i am writing to much i am going to cut it short cuz you might be bored (if you read this far) but i search for there website and found this. a haven for gamers like me and when i saw the trailer for halo four it was like my dream come true and whats better is that i got to meet other members who like me loved to chat about halo 4 and so it is this that i same hello and hope that i stay here for a long time thank you 343 for making my dream for another coming of master cheif awaits us all and a new adventure as well

armor skins are so new to the halo world any favorites out there you'd like to share and or talk about i like the forest armor skin for the armor skins

thats is so much fun hahaha

like the title say any dislikes any abilities that you think should come back from reach i like the new hard light shield whats your pick? and the thruster pack

halo has gone a loooong way since it first came out any favorite halo moments from any games in its franchise you would like to share can be from campaign matchmaking local slayer firefight, etc. i would say the best moment for me was, the first time i explored the halo ring in halo one. it was pretty awesome going and exploring the ring inside and out.

i put it on the polls but decided to take it of but ill add it along with a few that i forgot to add

which one would you choose to stick with if you had the choice