[Kairu]

Reynolds kept his terminal on idle again before returning to the bridge. Reynolds: "The Admiral says prepare for 'wide engagement'. We'll show the Covenant what it means to be Human! Recycle weapons. Ensure they are all ready to fire. Status on damage control teams?" Anderson punched a couple buttons and brought up a holographic diagram of the Mind's Attrition. Two areas were highlighted Anderson: "Two teams are reporting they've almost finished. We should be set within the next two minutes." Reynolds: "Very good. Tell them to keep at it." Anderson: "Yes, Sir." Meanwhile on the Clarity of Absolution The doors to the bridge slid open and the command crew looked to see why they were being interrupted. The Alpha Brute quickly looked to see two grenades flying in. In moments both had detonated, one causing smoke to fill the large chamber, while the other blinded everyone in there. Moments later, Fireteam Harmony filled in to their positions and began firing on the Brutes. Axlon and Robertson were firing on the few Brutes closest to them, coordinating fire to make fairly quick work. Arman and Cadieux managed to down one of their Brutes when the Alpha Brute recovered from the stunning. Alpha Brute: "Humans..." The Brute began sniffing the air. Instead of sight, he was going to hunt his prey like animals. Alpha Brute: "That is a clever tactic, but did you account for the fact that we can hunt without vision? I merely need to catch a small scent of you." The Brute was trying to taunt out Harmony, but was only met with Sierra's sniper fire. The other command crew managed to shake off the stun and began firing at the general entrance to the bridge. The team was now pinned down. The Alpha Brute used his smell and locked onto Cadieux's scent. Being new, she was also the most fearful out of everyone. She felt death once already, and now she was standing no more than a few dozen meters from it again. The Brute barked an order in Jiralhanae. The Alpha Brute pulled the gravity hammer off of his back. He then caught one more whiff of Cadieux's scent and began charging. Robertson poked his head up in time to see the Brute charging at Cadieux and Arman. Robertson: "Boss Lady! You two get out of there! He's charging!" As the Brute jumped up the two rolled out of the way, only to catch a little air from the blow. The two were sent fly in their respective directions, Cadieux to the right and Arman to the left. The Brute turned to face Robertson who was now standing up and shooting the Alpha with his shotgun. Robertson: "You alien SOB! Die!" The Alpha swung a fist at Robertson, following up with a hammer swing at Sierra. Sierra managed to nail another headshot, which proved futile since the Brute's shields had recharged. The Brute swung his hammer, throwing Sierra back into the wall. Cadieux was starting to recover from the thrashing and began firing on the nearby Jackals and Grunts. They were caught off-guard, assuming she was dead. Robertson got close to another Brute, blasting his face with buckshot, completely scaring the Grunts. Several of the Grunts held up activated plasma grenades and began chasing Robertson. Robertson gained an extra bit of distance before Axlon nailed one of them in the face, causing the grenades to drop. Moments later, the dropped grenades exploded, causing the suicide Grunts to explode with them. Axlon: "I thought you liked explosions?" Robertson: "I like seeing them, not being IN them." Axlon: "Uh-huh.." The conversation was cut short with Sierra's screaming from the Alpha Brute's attack with the bladed side of the gravity hammer. The two remaining Brutes inside the bridge screamed in blood rage, switching from their ranged weapons to gravity hammers. The Brutes screamed again, one being immediately shot by Robertson and his shotgun. The other looked at the downed Brute and began charging at the rest of Harmony. From off to the side, Arman tackled the Brute before he got too close and forced him to the ground. When he was downed, Arman drew her knife and stabbed the Brute repeated in the throat. Arman: "Go save Sierra! Now!" The rest of Harmony did as they were told, and they surrounded the Alpha Brute, all of them opening fire on the Alpha Brute, who was finishing his kill. Unexpected, someone jumped on the back of the Alpha Brute. The Brute struggled and managed to throw the mystery person off, but not in time for the rest of Harmony to jump him. The mystery person got up and shanked the Brute in the throat also, precisely as Arman did a minute prior. With all of the Brutes down, the 'clean up' became trivial. A few Jackals and Grunts were all that was left. With the bridge secured, Fireteam Harmony and the mystery person gathered around the dying Sierra. There was no real exchange of dialogue other than Sierra's coughing up blood. Arman stood up first. She was taking it the hardest, but they still had a mission. Arman: "Come on, we have a ship to fly." The mystery person took off his helmet. Calhoun: "Nice to see this mission pay off, despite the price." Arman: "Yeah. Axlon, use your PDA and get in touch with Admiral Harrison. Cadieux and Robertson, drag Sierra in here and seal the door." Axlon: "Already on it. Patching you through." Arman: "Admiral Harrison, this is Fireteam Harmony from the Mind's Attrition. We have successfully took over the bridge. What would you like us to do with it?"