[Hells Sniper]

Furium grunted. He looked at Nighthawk and growled very loudly. Furium: You want hand to hand? Furium grunted and grabbed his carbine from his back, he threw it to the side. He began to walk towards Nighthawk, tossing his mauler to the side as well. Furium grinned. Furium: Back to the way of the Ancients... Furium ran at Nighthawk, charging directly at him. Athios had backed down and retreated into cover. Yet, Furium continued his charge, and when Nighthawk tried to roll out of the way, Furium slammed his foot down in his path. Nighthawk crashed into Furium's leg, and Furium simply grabbed him by the throat. Furium: Pitiful. Slowly, Furium began to squeeze. On the ground below, Jacob saw Folee land in the middle of the field and began to take out many of the brutes he just wounded. Jacob smiled, he heard the announcement of Southern reinforcements, and slowly, more and more soldiers began to arrive. Jacob: Alright boys and girls, let's push these gorillas into their trees again! Jacob broke from cover and unloaded his assault rifle on the closest brute, the bullets ran into his entire body and he fell to the ground, dead. Jacob smiled and reloaded his assault rifle, he could tell the brutes were being worn down. Across the field, he saw Carmicle and the others forcing forward into the brutes and grunts. All six of them broke from cover and came out shooting. The brutes became overwhelmed by the sheer amount of force causing them to retreat into cover. The marines were finally starting to turn the ground when suddenly, two banshees flew overhead. Plasma bombs came into the middle of the field of marines, causing everyone to scatter. At the same time, three ghosts flew over the perimeter and began shooting at any marines out of cover. Mainly, this was Carmicle and the crew he was with. Jacob: Covering fire! Carmicle, get your men back into cover! Carmicle nodded and lifted up Troy, who was blown back by the banshees. He pushed him into cover and then turned around and began to fire wildly at the brutes who started coming out of cover. Limos, who was guarding Paul and Jaclyn, was firing his assault rifle at any brutes who came into cover. The brutes continued to fire however, and Limos was pushed into cover as a barrage of spikes flown at him. Limos: Cross' get into cover! The Cross siblings nodded and began to move backwards, Paul was firing off as many rounds as he could, but he couldn't hold the brutes back. A few of the brutes charged at the Cross siblings, but before they arrived Limos broke from cover. Limos: Let's go you apes! Limos fired off his SMG, hoping to disperse the brutes. He hadn't realized that the marines on the other side, Jacob and the marines he was with, had stopped firing at the brutes on their end, they were instead focusing on the ghosts charging their perimeter. Limos hadn't realized this, and then soon realized he was one of the only ones firing on the brutes. When his clip ran dry, he knew what was about to happen. Limos: Oh fuck... The two brutes who had charged at the Cross' now turned their attention to Limos, they both charged at him. Limos had little time to react as both of the brutes crashed into him and sent him flying into the sandbags set up on the perimeter. One of the brutes grabbed him by his helmet and sent a hard punch to his center of mass, causing him to fly into the air. The brute threw Limos across the area and sent him feet first into the warthog. Limos hit the warthog hard, and a loud snapping could be heard by any marine who was near him. Jacob knew he was the closest and immediately ran over to Limos. Jacob: Cover me! Jacob grabbed Limos by the scruff and began to drag him into cover. Concurrently: Dangerus watched as his ships began to return fire, but many began to lose shields and he saw their hulls begin to tear up. Suddenly, terminals across his bridge began to beep. Brute: Chieftain, many large human ships have a weapons lock on us! Our shields may not hold! Dangerus grunted. Dangerus: Full power to the shields! Dangerus sighed, he knew he would not be able to hold the line, and he knew it was already faltering. He would let the humans have this victory... Dangerus: Signal the fleet to fall back to the far side of the planet! We have lost too much, and I will not sacrifice anymore. The brutes nodded and began to send out the signal. As the Perilous Avenger began to turn and retreat with the rest of the fleet, it was hit by several MAC cannons and archer missiles, causing it's shielding to fail and for the archer missiles to hit it's hull. Brute: Hull breaches all around. We are venting... Dangerus: Signal the Bloodied Solace to cover our rear...we cannot last much longer. A Covenant Corvette immediately moved into position behind the Perilous Avenger and began to cover it, firing plasma torpedoes at the incoming archer missiles. Slowly, the entire Covenant fleet began to disengage. Meanwhile: Harrison watched as the Covenant fleet began to flee. He smiled, Burke's plan of action worked, as the Covenant were weak. Yet, he also knew his fleet was just as weak. They had taken back this side of the planet as the Covenant were retreating to the far side of it. He knew operations on the ground could begin a lot sooner. Harrison: We have them on the run! Fire your Shiva missiles! Destroy the ones retreating! The UNSC Navy continued to exchange fire between themselves and the Covenant, but Covenant ships were always faster, and soon they were out of weapon's range for a lot of the UNSC ships. Harrison: All support ships continue to engage, keep them fleeing. Any ships that are badly damaged fall back and begin repairs. Harrison looked at the hologram of VI. VI: I handled most of the damage on the ship, Admiral. We have minor hull breaches on our starboard side, and several decks are leaking. I have already ordered an evacuation, and engineering teams are already on the damages. Harrison nodded. They had dealt a riveting blow to the Covenant.