Chapter 8 NAME "Shit Happens"

(Dormii)
=i chuckle=
Simple gravity....too easy...no fun...

=i start to fall asleep again=
Upon my shoulders
Place your weight

Let the damned
Take your place

The weight returns
Won't relinquish

Tis my punishment
For my crimes

=i fall asleep again, facefirst on the floor of the messhall. the plates are open, but free to move. I snore, softly=

Dragon wrote:

I nod my head.

"Sophia, see if theres an AI in here, would you"

I attache the AI to the console.

=He shakes his head and stands up=
=He walks around to Dormii and picks him up=

Cmon.

=He heads off to the living quarters=

Dragon wrote:

Fine...double check

(this is the part where the AI says something hint hint Matt)

(Sorry)

*Oh jesus where am I....where's Matt?*

I jump up on the console.

*Oh.....great....your a reptile. Told you this treasure shit wasen't going to go well. And let me guess, this guy is friend of yours?*

=He walks to a room and opens the door=
=He puts him down and heads out=

=He looks down the hallway and heads to Lynn's room=

Dragon wrote:

(Sorry)

*Oh jesus where am I....where's Matt?*

I jump up on the console.

*Oh.....great....your a reptile. Told you this treasure shit wasn't going to go well. And let me guess, this guy is a friend of yours?*

"oh, and what would your name be, AI?"

=I raise an eyebrow, and scratch my beard.=

=He makes it to her door and knocks=

Hey, Lynn.

=He hears her voice from her bathroom=

Lynn-Just a minute!

=He nods and stands to the right of the door=

Lynn-You can come in if you want.

=He opens the door and walks in=
=He looks around=

=She had already decorated it somewhat, some old pictures that she had kept on the walls=

=He admires them, waiting for her=

=Torres wakes up to the rythm of the sounds around him. He puts hi hand on his forehand wiping of the sweat of his sleep deprived night=

Tiberus, any message from the tropheum?

Not yet sir..it is still pretty early.

Ok then, prepare the gravity room I am going in.

It will be ready for you when you get there Torres, be careful though don't push youself.

=Torres waves his hand and heads toward there=

=comms the others=

time to get started we'll need to head to the surface to clear the covie base to make room for the troph's lz lucky for us same spot we blew their base up last time

*Two hours later*

We have just received a message from Zeru, he wants us to be ready in 30.


=Torres get out of the training room=

Good tell him we will be ready.

=He hears the message=
=Comms=

Fine

=She exits the bathroom in a towel=
=She goes to her dresser and begins picking out clothes=

Lynn-Who was that?

Draco-Apparently this planet is not friendly.

=She laughs a little=

Lynn-Just our luck

=He smiles=

Draco-Whenever you are ready.

=He goes to leave=

Lynn-Ill be right out.

=Torres puts his suit on grabs his assault rifle and side arm from the armory, he then heads to the hanger=

Is my pelican ready?

(Mechanic)"Yes sir."

Thanks.

=Torres get on the pelican, turns around and makes a notion to the group of soldier getting ready to get on the pelican=

I am going alone.

=Torres hits the door by the pilot=

(pilot)"Ok here we go."

=The pelican heads to the surface of the ship=

(Dormii)
=i roll over and finally wake up. i see i have a message from Zeru. i reply=
Okay, I'm up...I think.

=i roll and get up out of bed. i jog towards the hanger, trying to wake myself up=

=He waits by the door as she comes strolling out to face him=
=She is in her full armor=

Lynn-How do I look?

Draco(smiles under his helmet)-Like you are ready to kill something

=She puts her hands on her hips=

Lynn-You forget, Draco. Im always ready to kill something.

=She laughs and runs off to the hanger=
=He runs after her=

=Grace steps out of her room to hear the clangs=

Lynn(passing)-Grace! Cmon!

=Grace had managed to put her armor on and she begins following the two=

(Dormii)
=i make it to the hanger. i find an empty spot and start practicing some combos=

Draco-I am half expecting Silva to be at the hanger

=The other two take a short pause=

Lynn-Silva...

Grace-I dont think we told you...

=He looks back at them=

Draco-What do you mean.

Lynn-Silva is...no longer with us...

=He looks forward, bowing his head=

Draco-Requiescat en pace

=The trio enter the hanger=

(Dormii)
=i keep practicing=
Hey, you three.

=They stop=

All three-Hey.

=They walk off to an open Pelican=

Grace-Why did you want me to come again?

Draco-You are still a member of our team.

Grace-Really though. What can I do?

Lynn-Ive seen you pull of nice operations.

Grace-Yeah, doesnt mean Ill be good on the battlefield.

Draco-You will do fine, Grace.

Grace-Always the one to cheer people up...

(Dormii)
=i stop practicing and go to an open Pelican, other than the one Draco and his team took. i climb in and start prepping for takeoff=

(Dormii)
=i reply to Zeru=
I am.

=They finish preperations=

Draco-Roger

Lynn-Right.

Grace-Who is Roger? Oh! Im ready.

ok gonna drop some pods on them


=several old drop pods laden with c12 detach and head to the covie base after which he jumps out and starts to enter atmo=


go now

(Dormii)
=i take off, heading towards the center of the Covie base=

=They lift off and out, down to the base=

Draco-Already cleared this place once.

=He smirks=

Lynn-Hmm?

Draco-Long time ago

Man they sure know how to get noticed.

=He knocks on the pilot door=

Take me closer.

(Dormii)
=AA fire soon erupts around us. i swerve, and adjust my course towards an AA gun=

=He dodges the incoming fire=

Couldnt do this the easy way
Always have to enter with large explosions.

Grace-In the words of Matthew. Thats the best way to do it.

=She grins and they laugh a little=

(Dormii)
=i go to the back of the Pelican and open the ramp. The Pelican starts to take some hits, but it stays on track. i prepare to jump=

=the pods hit their locations taking out 2 covenent bases and the final one slams near the lz base taking out it's main defenses=


=deploys the thrusters and lands just outside the base=

Amateurs.

=The pelican lands on a nearby clearing=

I'll radio when I need pickup now head back to the ship.

=The pelican leaves as Torres heads to the base=

=They land closely to the base=
=He lowers the ramp and they go out=
=Weapons up, scanning=

=He marks their location=

(Dormii)
=i jump out of the Pelican, as it continues on it's path. It slams into the AA gun and explodes, destroying it. i hit something that gives under the pressure, and i roll. i look back and see that i landed on a Brute=
Huh...ow

=starts climbing the wall sneaking up behind a pair of confused brutes and shooting them in the back of the head=

careful brutes have good senses

(Dormii)
=plasma and needler and spiker fire fly at me. i duck behind some crates and pick up the now pulp Brute's spiker rifle=
Really? I had no idea.

=i start returning fire=

=They head off=
=Stopping=

=He goes down and sets the AM up=
=He zooms in, attaches the silencer, fires=
=One brute drops, then another=

=He motions for them to go=

Draco-I will catch up.

=They run off=
=Killing off some teams as they go along=

=starts singing oh a hunting we shall go=

=He stands up and starts going mobile=
=Trading his AM for his HC=

=Eventually catching up with the two=
=Gunfire shoots all around them=
=He deploys the bubble shield=

=Lynn is surprised=
=They continue moving=

(Dormii)
=i check the crate, dodging flanking fire, and find that it has a beam rifle and a Covenant Carbine=
Are you kidding me...no good weapons?

=i fire off the last of the spiker rounds and then take the carbine=

=On top of the covenant bases wall, watching the battle=

They have gotten better in such a short time.

=uses impact mode and starts tearing thorugh several exiting the barrecks before heading to the prophets area=

=The shield collapses and he activates the blade=
=Firing a shot into the open hand of a jackel=
=He stabs the blade into its head=

=Lynn fires her BR into a group of Grunts=

=Grace begins to get confused with all the fire=

Grace-Why...did I join them!

=She tries to listen to each sound, tracing its origins=

Hmm...

(Dormii)
=i try to hit something but miss, a lot. i comm the others=
Hey, anyone have any good weapons? I hate these precision weapons.

=He shakes his head=
=Comms=

Draco-Precision is so precise though

Lynn-I love my BR and DMR...

=Grace continues to stay down=
=Hearing a group to her left=
=She stands and fires the AR=

@the pelican

Send down a ammo pod near me.

=the pelican drops a pod with some ARs by Dormi nearly hitting him=

(Dormii)
Yeah, well, it only works when you have trained with them.

=i grab an AR from a pod, an MA5B=
Thank you gods.

=i aim and fire, rounds going everywhere at the Covenant=

Time to go.

=Torres makes his way to the throne room trying to join up with Zeru=

=blasts open the door to the room and sees several honor guards=