A "Rise" Story- The Start of Something New.

Anything that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.

So... Alot of things then...

=I continue jogging, keeping my eyes open.=

A brisk jog for a Spartan is like a tank in overdrive. It's fast and the inertia behind it could break through concrete. three Spartans jogging at a brisk pace through a forest, a Boreal Forest, as Aegir noted, would sound like a stampede of bison. That is of course, if the ground was made of rigid silicates and minerals. Their footfalls were muffled, as the ground was soft and damp. Aegir and Echo Squad neared the encampment.

=i thought I saw movement out of the corner of my eye, but it was just some leaves rustling. Still something didn't feel right=
Aegir, you getting a bad feeling?

Aegir: "Rubble? I don't get wh-" I was cut of abruptly as i was hit by an unseen force. I flew through a tree and rolled.

=i looked back in time to see Aegir get thrown by something=
Aegir!

=i jogged over to him, keeping an eye out for whatever may have done that=
You okay, sir?

=Hawk jogged over as well, and helped scan the area=

=I began a slow crouch-walk (if you get the idea), and passed Sparrow. I couldn't see anything, just alot of tree's... Which was normal right? I scanned around once again, but still nothing. I moved forward, and scanned around yet again. Nothing. Something wasn't right here... I signalled for Sparrow to move forward.=

=I go to a tree and take cover=
=The birds had stopped chirping=
=The sounds of nature dead=

=A slow wind passes as I put up my fist to signify a hold=
=The others spread off in the bushes and hide while I take a position in the tree=

Hmm...

=I take my S2 and scan ahead=

=There was nothing but silence. Something wasn't right... Something was very wrong. I kept still, and continued scanning. Not even a sound from the birds... I looked at the tree's, everything seemed normal. I made a small step forward, which made little sound. There was nothing in sight except for the Tree's...=

I realise something and step over to Trident cautiously.

Stop moving. Get away from the trees as much as you can.

=I begin moving backwards, very slowly. Hardly making a sound.=

What's wrong with the trees?

Make as much noise as you want. Whatever it is, it knows exactly where we are. It's using the trees somehow.

I put myself out of touching distance of any of the trees, which was difficult.

Alright, the marker for the objective should be a small clearing. We're going to have to sprint for it.

I growled and got up. What was that!

I take my position in the brushes nearby. I pull up my scope in my helmet and search the jungle around me. I had failed to realise the warning signs of the wild. Something my squad leader had done correctly.

Damnit

I had to say that I was nervous of my first encounter with hostile forces. But on the other hand I was happy to let out some of my anger and frustration. I continued to scan the enviroment.

Wonder what is going on.

Sprint through the tree's, and more or less past the thing trying to get us?!

=I stand up.=

Fine...

Garth wrote:

=i looked back in time to see Aegir get thrown by something=
Aegir!

=i jogged over to him, keeping an eye out for whatever may have done that=
You okay, sir?

=Hawk jogged over as well, and helped scan the area=

=I look around=

Keep your eyes open...

=I sprit forward with the rest of the team=

Ready. 3....2....GO!!!!

I sprint forward quickly, dodging from side to side just in case. I manage to make it to the clearing and turn to wait for the others.

"Squad! Locate that Tengo!" I shouted.

Nic wrote:

"Squad! Locate that Tengo!" I shouted.

=I look around=

Sir, I see them on my thermals! RPG team, and they're running away from us!

Aegir: "Well let's chase 'em down!"

Nic wrote:

Aegir: "Well let's chase 'em down!"

Moving, moving!

=I flip off my assault rifle's saftey=

=i nod and raise my shotgun. I started jogging off towards the RPG team, as I flipped to thermal. Everything went grayscale with color coded shading. My armor glowed brightly against the backdrop, and I could see the people running a ways away. I hurried to catch up=

=I continue looking=
=Taking an object out of my hardcase, I toss it out=
=It is immediately shot out of the air=

=I use closed comms to my squad=

Enemy snipers.
Keep things slow and silent.

=I continue looking through the scope=
=The sun beats down upon us all. I see something glint=
=A barrel. A scope? Either one of these would be good=

=I aim the sights to see another glint. I take a breath and fire the silenced shot=
=A body drops from a tree=

Move now.

=I get out of the tree and move on up=

My Squad had gone after the team that had hit me. But something didn't feel quite right.

I comm'ed my squad, "When we get to the encampment we need to ask the Marines about what's been going on."

=i reply, all while chasing after these troops=
Why not just question these soldier, sir?

I see the guy drop from shrouds shot. At least no I know what area to look for them. I follow my squad leader down.

=I look at the marker=

Seventy meters.

=We all head off again. Slowly. Soon we pass the body=

Shield, check him.

=Shield does as he was told and relieves the corpse of his dogtags=
=I take the tags and place them in my hardcase=

Move

=We continue out. Moving through the bushes and trees=

=sprints into the clearing narowly dodigng it=


dam it's persistent

=I nod=

Yeah, I have a feeling that they'll have a lot to tell us, sir. Like the fact that the RPG teams should have been gone by now.

=I see them enter a building on my thermal=

Sir, permission to engage the targets in the building?

=I chamber a round and wait outside the building=

=Another bullet whizzes past my head=
=I give the hold signal=

=After some time of waiting I give the move out signal=
=We continue moving=

=i stack up behind Hawk and chamber a shotgun shell=

I jogged up by Hawk. "You are free to engage, over." I unslung my Battle Rifle and scanned the building. "Hawk, how are you on rear-entry?"

Nic wrote:

I jogged up by Hawk. "You are free to engage, over." I unslung my Battle Rifle and scanned the building. "Hawk, how are you on rear-entry?"

=I look to Rubble=

We're okay and ready to breach the door, sir.

=I take another look=

Breaching on your go, sir.

Aegir: "Breach and Clear!"

=i nod and put a boot to the door, breaking it off of it's hinges and sending it flying into the room. I quickly rush in and scan for targets=

Nic wrote:

Aegir: "Breach and Clear!"

=I see Rubble kick down the door=

Aye, sir! Going in!

=I see the targets on my thermal=

Engaging tangos!

=I fire a burst from my assault rifle=

Tango down, tango down!

Aegir: "Clear the Building!" I shout as I follow them in, shortly after Hawk takes out one of the Tengos.

=i see a person in the next room, i run in and smack them with my rifle, knocking them out. I turn and fire a round into a person with a rifle=
Clear!

Garth wrote:

=i see a person in the next room, i run in and smack them with my rifle, knocking them out. I turn and fire a round into a person with a rifle=
Clear!

=I look around room by room=

=I see a set of stairs and head down them=

=I enter a room that has been turned into what looks like an armory=

Uh, Sir. I headed into the basement and found something. Something that needs to be seen, sir.

=I turn on my uplink and start recording=

Aegir: "Roger that Hawk, I'm coming down." I turn, "Rubble! guard the entrances to the basement!"

Nic wrote:

Aegir: "Roger that Hawk, I'm coming down." I turn, "Rubble! guard the entrances to the basement!"

Copy that, sir.

=I look at all the weapons=

Well, we just may have a intelligence break here...

=I continue to record this on my helmet link=

Understood.

=i move over to the entrance and keep an eye out for anyone=

Aegir walks down and sees the Armoury. "All these are non-UNSC weapons. These are made by a private weapons facility."

Nic wrote:

Aegir walks down and sees the Armoury. "All these are non-UNSC weapons. These are made by a private weapons facility."

That's what I noted too, sir. And the fact that they have enough weapons here to arm a battalion.

=I look at the explosives=

And also enough explosives here to blow up a large base, sir.

Did I just hear explosives?

Aegir: "Whoever they are, they must be planning to take out the UNSC encampment near here."

Nic wrote:

Aegir: "Whoever they are, they must be planning to take out the UNSC encampment near here."

=I talk to Rubble=

Yeah, you did hear explosives. So please behave yourself.

=I turn back to Aegir=

That's what I'm thinking too sir.

=I now notice a map on one of the walls, marked with locations=

Best go to the camp now, and warn the Marines, sir.

Aegir: "First things first, let's rig this place with C4 and blow it."

=I comm Rubble=

"Rubble! Rig the upper floors with C4!"