[Hells Sniper]

Jacob looked at Tye and Zephyr and simply nodded. Jacob: Well, sir. It all happened pretty damn quickly. As soon as we landed on the defensive, the Covenant did not lighten up. Wave after wave, bombardment after bombardment. Jacob paused and leaned on the table. Jacob: What we managed to do was insert a virus in Regional HQ Bravo's computers, if the Covenant is finding anything, it's sending them to random pockets of the globe searching for things that aren't there. That should give us enough time to evac the next city on our list. Jacob paused again and removed his helmet. His face was dirty, worn out, and he was obviously tired. Jacob: We started evacing wounded once we finished up there and once the Covenant broke the main defense. Commander Vernette and the others held the line as long as possible before falling back to the sub-basement with myself. Vernette went to get Frost from the infirmary. That's when things got...weird. Jacob paused, trying to recount the last few minutes, as Harrison was listening intently, not interrupting once. Jacob: Tye and Frost came under heavy fire from a squadron of elites and as we finished evacuating the others, myself, Cameron...and. And Nighthawk went to save Tye and Frost. Harrison broke his silence. Harrison: Say again. Nighthawk? Jacob: Yes, sir. Nighthawk grouped with Cameron and we managed to save Tye and Frost. Harrison: And that's when ground teams lost contact with the HQ. Jacob nodded even though Harrison couldn't see him. Jacob: Yessir. A group of Spartans, seven of them walked into the infirmary. Nighthawk, being who he is, hid. Four of them were Class 0, sir...something that Cameron has a greater subject knowledge of, than I. The other three were smaller, had to be Spartan-III's. Jacob shrugged. Jacob: Tye and the leader of the team, Liam-Z174, talked and we moved on, leaving the Spartans behind. That's when we started to hear human gunfire going up against the brutes. The next thing was fire from the infirmary. From what I could gather, either Nighthawk started shooting...or the Spartans did. Jacob took a deep breath. Jacob: As we moved closer to the evac center, a brute offered his help. Harrison was shocked once again. Harrison: Say again? Jacob: A brute, didn't say who, simply warned us that a team of ODSTs. "Black 1," through "Black 4," wanted Commander Vernette's head...and they wanted him to either do it for them, or tire him out. The brute chose neither of those options and helped us escape by distracting Black team. That's what he did, and I was able to find the members of Omega Legion, two of which were wounded, who claimed Black team had fired upon the rest of the marines in the evac center before preparing the ambush. Commander Vernette was injured in the firefight, sir. Jacob looked at Zephyr. Jacob: However, we almost lost that brute alliance when Hit Squad Kilo fired on the brute, and not the ODSTs. But I do not blame them, I would have done the same if I were them. Jacob looked back at the radio and continued. Jacob: I don't know what happened to the Spartans, or Nighthawk, or Anaconda. The last thing I saw was Black team escaping and the brute cloaking. We hit the pedal, blew up the tunnel...and now we're here. Jacob took a deep breath. He hoped what he had said was enough. Harrison was silent for a good minute or two, trying to gather through the information. Harrison: Very well. Thank you, Jacob. Good work on the virus, that'll definitely keep the Covenant searching and give us some time. Harrison paused, his tone changed when he addressed Tye. Harrison: However, now is the time to talk about those ODSTs if you can, Commander Vernette. I am aware you are injured...if you want to take care of that first, be my guest. I can talk to Cameron about the Spartans instead. Harrison paused. Harrison: I need information of who they are, what they are doing here, and who sent them. For both Teams. Meanwhile: Savannah: They're in the HQ, sir. Liam: Then let's move... The Risk-Takers began to move towards Black Team's position.