[Halo] New! San Angeles RPG

[Naked Crook]

Meanwhile: Tye and Cameron continued moving through the Covenant base. They moved quickly, opting to avoid confrontations as opposed to engage in another firefight. Cameron and Tye, however, stopped, when they approached the holding cells. They looked at each other. Cameron: If there is anywhere that the Covenant will be holding our officer...the holding cells will be the place. However...this looks too unprotected to be legit. Tyber: I am thinking Spec-Ops. Cameron: Agreed. I have no doubt they are watching us...waiting for us to make the first move. The moment we let our guard down...they are going in for the kill. Tyber: They could be watching us now. Cameron: That is also possible... Cameron paused. Cameron: But time is ticking, and we have no time to second guess ourselves. We have 15 minutes before the UNSC levels this area...and we need to move. Tye nodded. He gestured his hand forward to order Cameron to take point. Tyber: I got the six.

[Kairu]

The Zealot that was fighting Sergei had gotten close to Tye and Cameron. They were in sight of each other, if the duo could see the Zealot. He watched them and then remembered the plan that was laid out to ambush Lauren's rescuerers. He figured that even though he wanted to move through the soon to be fightzone, he'd wind up getting caught in the middle and risk jeopardizing the plan. Instead he stood there, in a corner, holding the cauterized hand waiting for combat to insue. But that would require free Cochraine first. The Zealot had planned on crippling Cochraine so she couldn't walk. It was a finer detail to help handicap the rescuerer.

[Naked Crook]

Cameron and Tye moved forward, heading into the block which contained the holding cells. They both looked around. There were a dozen holding areas, all of the ones that were in the immediate line of sight were empty. They moved forward, keeping sharp, checking corners, and moving as silently as they could. Their path was simply a straight line, with holding cells on both sides. Once they had reached the far ends of the holding cells, they found the cell that was holding Cochraine. They could see Cochraine behind the energy field. Tye approached the energy barrier. He looked at Cochraine. He could see that she had been beaten, and that she was in rough shape. Tye looked back at Cameron. Tyber: We gotta find a way to bring this energy barrier down. Ideas? Cameron shook his head. Cameron: Typically, these things can withstand a serious amount of damage. The durability of these energy barriers have no real upper limit. Depending on how much power is being pumped into this barrier will determine what we need to bring it down, and for how long it will stay down. We need to find a way to shut it down...typically done via a control panel or some other sort of interface. Tye looked around. He could see no such control in sight. Tyber: I don't see anything which could help us in that respect. Tye continued to look around. He shook his head. Tyber: I have no idea... Tye paused. He continued thinking. He continued to look around the room. He noticed that, running along the roof, was a thick power conduit, with the main conduit branching off into smaller conduits. This is when he had an idea. Tyber: On the roof...look. There is a power conduit running along the roof. Let's see how much damage we can inflict. Tye raised his SMGs, and Cameron raised his Assault Rifle. They both began to fire, both aiming at relatively the same spot. They both ran through an entire clip before they began to damage the conduit, eventually breaking it wide open, and tearing it up inside. After inflicting sufficient damage on the conduit, the energy barrier fell. Tye began to reload, as he stepped towards Cochraine. Tyber: Lt. Commander Cochraine? I'm Commander Vernette...I'm here to get you out of here. Tye holstered his SMGs at his side, as he began to help Cochraine. Tyber: Can you walk?

[Hells Sniper]

Dangerus' plan had begun to work out very nicely. Within the half hour he had landed over a thousand troops on the planet's surface and was in the process of opening a command center for his brutes. He wanted to go on the ground...but he could not risk leaving the fleet before a major Naval engagement. Soon, he knew, the Navy would initialize the fight. Meanwhile outside of White River: Jacob hid behind a window, hiding underneath it as jackals and grunts moved past. From the radio chatter, a hundred or so grunts and jackals had already moved on the other side of the rat-holes, and by now the wraiths and ghosts could be heard traveling nearby. They were approaching the rat-holes, the only area they could fit. Jacob looked around, there were about three dozen soldiers on the first level, covering each side. Vistan and Jameson were next to him again, and down the line Limos and Troy could be seen in their ODST gear. Jacob contacted Mendez. Jacob: Mendez...are the wraiths in the hole? Lt. Mendez: Copy. Each side, the main hunk of them are in the middle, ghosts too. Scattered elites and infantry. Jacob smiled, that's all he needed to hear. In a flash, he grabbed his PDA off the side of his hip and scanned his finger. The message for the explosives popped up. Jacob grinned. He contacted the entire brigade. Jacob: Fire in the hole... Jacob pushed the button and in a flash of light, and a ground-shake, the two buildings to his left and right crumbled into rubble. Underneath each building was at least a dozen or two wraiths, a good amount of ghosts, and a hundred or so infantry units. They had been buried beneath the rubble of the building and the marines could hear the grunts screaming and the wraiths exploding from the pressure. Nothing was getting out alive. That's when the marines began to open fire from the other buildings. Hundreds of grunts, jackals, and elites separated by a wall of buildings and rubble from the main attack force. Jacob grinned, he popped up, holding his Socom and fired off at the nearest enemies, killing some grunts and jackals. Jameson: Get some you ugly bitches! Jacob reloaded, he contacted the Vigourous Inferno. Jacob: This is Captain Sharpmen! We have buried a majority of the invasion force under rubble and separated the main group from their entrance! Jacob paused and fired his Socom again. Jacob: Requesting an airstrike at the orange smoke...and what is the ETA on the evacuation of White River? On board the Vigorous Inferno: Admiral Harrison had watched the battle begin in a holomap, he had marked several key areas, and Jacob on the map. Jacob was a blinking hologram and Harrison knew they were holding out well when he saw the buildings go down. Harrison then heard Jacob over the radio and replied to him. Harrison: Captain...this is Admiral Harrison. I have five shortswords on standby for a drop on a Covenant base. I can spare two and only two. Jacob on comms: That's enough Admiral! Marking enemy position with orange smoke...danger close. Harrison: Understood, Captain. Harrison paused and moved his holomap to a view of the evac center, getting an estimated time of the evacuation. Harrison: White River still needs at least twenty minutes before they can send the last of the ships. Hold our for twenty minutes, then fall back to the main city center. We're reinforcing that area with turrets, AA guns, and a load of other things. Understood? Jacob on comms: Understood, Admiral! Harrison nodded, he kept the comm line open in case Jacob had anything to say. But all Harrison heard was gunfire. He nodded and turned to one of his crew members. Harrison: Divert two shortswords to White River...aim for the orange smoke. Allied ground forces close by.

[Kairu]

Cochraine was weak. She felt her way to the wall, her eyes were still shut. She spoke softly, her voice shaking. Cochraine: "I... I can't see. I just... I want to go home..." Cochraine did her best to stand up, falling against the wall everytime she tried to stand by herself. Cochraine: "Ca... Can you help me walk?"

[Naked Crook]

Tyber: Alright...relax...I got you... Tye managed to catch her before she fell. He put one of her arms over his shoulder to help her stand. Tyber: Don't worry...I can help you along. Just focus, and try not to overexert yourself. Tye looked up at Cameron. Tyber: Cameron...you're on point. Pave the road. Cameron nodded. He holstered his Assault Rifle on his back, and exchanged it for his shotgun. Cameron: Ready. Cameron began to move forward. Tye walked behind Cameron, helping Cochraine walk, with her arm over his shoulder, running behind his neck. Cochraine was on his left side. Tye reach to his side, with his right hand, and drew one of his Automags. Tye then contacted the rest of the soldiers that he had inserted with. Tyber: This is Commander Vernette to anyone left alive. We have our Officer, and we are currently extracting. If anyone can hear this...keep The Covenant busy for a few more moments. We are en-route to your position. Evac birds...stand by for immediate pickup!

[Kairu]

The Spec-Ops Elites that had been waiting to strike began their plan. Two of them, their dual plasma rifles ready. They started to fire. The other three Elites remained camo'd, swords ready, waiting for the moment to strike. MEANWHILE IN WHITE RIVER Vhat' watched as the buildings fell. He was still some distance behind from the blast zone. He received instructions for an alternative backup plan. He relayed the orders to the other Covenant soldiers. For the most part, it helped the Covenant stay reasonably cohese and in order. They began to bottleneck their way to the Bentz, an obvious military strategy that usually doesn't end well for the attackers, regardless of numbers. Vhat's tracker began to go off. He watched as two Humans were in very close proximity. However, he was relatively too far from Cochraine to remote detonate. If she returned to orbit, she would be safe to remove the tracker. The problem was getting there and out of the Covenant base alive.

[Naked Crook]

Just as Tye stepped out from the cover of the holding cell, he had to step back as he was being fired at. Cameron had jumped into the adjacent holding cell to avoid the plasma fire, his shields taking several hits, but ultimatly, not lowering them. Cam look across the hallway at Tye. Cameron: You called it...Spec-Ops! Tye sighed. Tyber: Frag em! Tye holstered his Automag, and reached onto his belt and grabbed a Frag Grenade. Tye decided to set Cochraine back down on the ground in order to help Cameron clear the area. Cameron also readied a Frag Grenade. He waited for a signal from Tye to arm the grenades, and throw them. However, Tye issued a different order, to instead, roll the grenades on the ground, down the corridor, at the Elites. Cameron understood the order. They both peaked out the corners of the holding cells they had taken cover in, and they rolled their Frag Grenades down the corridor, placing them very close to the feet of their attackers. Both of the grenades exploded, killing both of the Elites with Plasma Rifles. Tyber: Nice! Cameron: Don't celebrate yet...these guys typically operate in groups of 4 to 6. There could be, at least, another 4 somewhere around here. Tyber: Switch to thermal! Both Tye and Cameron switched to Thermal imaging. They both took a peak around the corner, and they managed to spot the camo'ed Elites. Tyber: Three contacts...12 o'clock. Live fire! Cameron nodded. Tye drew both of his SMGs, and looked at Cochraine. Tyber: Ma'am...wait here...don't crawl off anywhere. Tye and Cameron both emerged from their respective cover, and moved forward. Tye laid down fire on the entire corridor, weakening the shields of the three Elites. Cameron, on the other hand, waited until Tye stopped firing. When Tye had ceased his firing, he began to walk forward. He saw the three Elites running down the corridor, ready to engage. The first Spec-Op Elite jumped at Cameron, and swung his blade horizontally. However, Cameron ducked, and rolled out of the way. While on his knees, Cameron raised his shotgun, and shot the first Spec-Op Elite in the side, causing the Spec-Op Elite to stumble to the side. Cameron fired again, kill the Spec-Op Elite. Cameron got back to his feet, as Tye reloaded. He noticed one of the Spec-Op Elites charge at him, while the other charged at Cameron. The Spec-Op Elite that was charging at Tye was moving at full speed. Tye took aim with both of his SMGs and fired in full auto, not letting go of the triggers for even a split second. He got through about 75% of his clip before the Elite was close enough to take a swing. Tye ducked,, but the Elite thrusted his hoof forward and kicked Tye back down the corrdior, back in the direction from which Tye advanced from after saving Cochraine. Tye flew threw the air, and landed on the ground, sliding on the ground. As he slid, he took aim at the Spec-Op Elite and continued firing. It did not take long for Tye to run empty. He had to quickly get back to his feet. As he did, he saw the Spec-Op Elite charging once more. Tye threw both of his SMGs at the Elite, both of the guns spinning through the air, hitting the Spec-Op Elite in the face. The Elite stumbled for a moment, stopping in his tracks. This gave Tye the time he needed to draw his two Automags. He fired as fast as he could, the combined 24 bullets hitting the Elite, draining his shields, and killing him with a single head shot. Tye began to reload his Automags. Concurrently, Cameron had engaged the last Spec-Op Elite. Cameron, being a Spartan II, and having a superior close quarter weapon, had little difficulty in stopping this Elite. Cameron discharged his shotgun at optimum range, the buckshot impacting the Spec-Op Elite's shields point blank. Camoern's second tore the Spec-Op Elite apart, as his hit the Spec-Op Elite right in the chest, killing him instantly. Tye had managed to reload his Automags, holster them, and recover his SMGs. He was in the process of reloading his SMGs as he spoke to Cameron. Tyber: You make it look so easy. Cameron: Making things easier is my job Tye. Tyber: True that...no argument here. Good job Cam. Tye holstered his SMGs at his side, and went back to Cochraine. He helped her back to her feet. Tyber: Alright Ma'am...we are clear. Our evac is en-route and we will be outta this mess in no time. Don't worry...we are almost out of this. Tye looked at Cameron. Before Tye could say anything, Cameron spoke up. Cameron: Let me guess..."Cameron...take point"... Tye nodded.

[Erex]

Sergai:Ty, Cam the marines are dead I severed a zealot hand and I lost him. He engage his cloak Ill search for him. Sergai stopped to catch his breathe. He kneels down and picks up his knife.

[Kairu]

It was at this point the Zealot threw a plasma grenade at the three Humans. Being as his dominant hand was sliced off, the grenade toss was a rather lousy one. It missed landing outside its blast range. When the toss was made the Zealot cursed in Sangheili. He dropped from an upper catwalk and landed in front of them, blade ready. A crippled Zealot versus two combat experienced Humans. The Zealot weighed the odds and knew the chance of survival was non-existent, but being able to come back and say he survived and killed all of them would make him a war hero. The Zealot didn't let the glory to his head. He focused his mind, staying on the here and now, and the combat that was about to occur.