The Rise: A Post Covenant War Story: Mission Two

Like i said. We've got to be missing something. And this is the biggest part of the system. I reckon whatever we're missing is in here. Now we haven't got a light source so we're going to have to test the ground around us. We'll all go back to back and slowly, carefully kick the walls around us. Not too hard, but yeah. You'll know when there's something hidden there.

Scorch wrote:

N wrote:

"What is it Hawk?"

=I look at a structure in the middle of the plant=

I don't know what to make of it, sir.

=I give him a pair binoculars from out of my hardcase=

Take a look for yourself, sir.

"I don't either Hawk, we'll have to get closer."

=I nod slolwly and take out my assault rifle=

Aye, aye sir.

=I start to move forward with the squad toward the plant=

Please...no more wierd suprises today

I'm still walking toward the hill, when something hits me from my right. I fall over, pistols aimed at the source. I open fire, getting up as I do. Seems like whatever creature Mir is, has sticky feet. I cautiously approach the area where I was hit. I step on a humanoid creature, its dead though. I now do a slight jog toward the hill, still not even a bit close.

=I followed behind Aegir and Hawk=
Bet it'll blow up nice and good. Assuming the need ever arises for that, of course.

I had been running, at top speed. Stopping to take breaks, then run again. About 15 minutes later. I finally reach the hill, climbing to the top. I huff and puff then noticing Mir seems scared. I place him on the ground, and look at the marvelous view
"Nothing like a grandstand view to cheer you up, huh?" He just stays in place, still scared of something."What's wrong?"
I bird was circling above, noticing it I grab Mir. And shoot the bird, it drops to the ground. I try to establish radio contact. -Over the comms- "Hello, hello? anyone there?" Then I try to establish radio signals to command. "Hello? I am Wielder of Alpha squad, can anyone hear me?"

Garth wrote:

=I followed behind Aegir and Hawk=
Bet it'll blow up nice and good. Assuming the need ever arises for that, of course.

"We're not blowing anything up."

Don't be so hasty, sir. I'm not up for blowing things up randomly, but I know that sometimes, situations call for demolitions. All I'm saying, is that we may need to.

Garth wrote:

Don't be so hasty, sir. I'm not up for blowing things up randomly, but I know that sometimes, situations call for demolitions. All I'm saying, is that we may need to.

"We're here to gather information, not bullets."

=i was tempted to continue, but I decided to just shut up and focus=
Aye, sir.

=I listen to the little banter between Rubble and Aegir and grin under my helmet=

Focus man...you still got a job to do

=I stop to take off my helmet and use the binoculars=

Well, now that I got a better view, I can actually make an educated guess...based off what I'm seeing here

Sir...I think I got a good idea of what that structure is in the middle. I think thats a multi-spectrum jammer. At least I think so, sir.

=I then place my helmet back on and move forward=

Paarthurnax had been awake for the entire duration of his forces sleeping. He was their protector and watched over them.
He enjoyed this, it gave him time to meditate.

Scorch wrote:

=I listen to the little banter between Rubble and Aegir and grin under my helmet=

Focus man...you still got a job to do

=I stop to take off my helmet and use the binoculars=

Well, now that I got a better view, I can actually make an educated guess...based off what I'm seeing here

Sir...I think I got a good idea of what that structure is in the middle. I think thats a multi-spectrum jammer. At least I think so, sir.

=I then place my helmet back on and move forward=

"Well, we need to confirm it. Let's see if we can circle around, try and get into the water facility. Without getting shot at."

=i nod=
Aye sir. On your go.

=I move around, so I'm facing a wall, ready to go back to back with Whisper and Sparrow.=

They could've atleast given us flashlights... Would've made everything easier.

N wrote:

Scorch wrote:

=I listen to the little banter between Rubble and Aegir and grin under my helmet=

Focus man...you still got a job to do

=I stop to take off my helmet and use the binoculars=

Well, now that I got a better view, I can actually make an educated guess...based off what I'm seeing here

Sir...I think I got a good idea of what that structure is in the middle. I think thats a multi-spectrum jammer. At least I think so, sir.

=I then place my helmet back on and move forward=

"Well, we need to confirm it. Let's see if we can circle around, try and get into the water facility. Without getting shot at."

=I nod and give him a thumbs up=

Aye, aye sir. Give us the go order, and we'll make a break for the plant.

=I take out my assault rifle and thread on the silencer=

=reaches into a water proof pouch and pulls out 3 portable flashlights and hands one to sparrow and trident while he uses the third one=


they're solar powered and hand cranked they should work

=turns his flashlights handle for a min and turns it on looking around=

one min of turning handle gives 10 min of power

=i zoomed in with my helmet, taking a look at the surrounding area. I didn't see anyone, but with the shaking going on, some details are obviously being missed. I turned on VISR mode, to look for any outlines, and saw none. I kept it activated, just in case while I waited=

I stay on the hill, still trying to Comm command. Looking around the, waiting for something to happen. Then something does happen.
"Hello we hear you loud and clear, wielder. What is it you need?"

"I need evac or transport."

"Ill see what I can do"

A couple minutes later.

"All we can give you is a mongoose"

"Good enough"

"Transport in 5 minutes, over"

=The ground I covered was large. No distractions, no people to ask for breaks. Of course, my own self asked for them, but that was just me. I approach a town, it wasnt the marked one, but it was one of the colonies established. I take a knee and zoom into the town, looking around=

Hmm...

=I sweep the area that I could see, brought back the zoom and began moving again=

Scorch wrote:

N wrote:

Scorch wrote:

=I listen to the little banter between Rubble and Aegir and grin under my helmet=

Focus man...you still got a job to do

=I stop to take off my helmet and use the binoculars=

Well, now that I got a better view, I can actually make an educated guess...based off what I'm seeing here

Sir...I think I got a good idea of what that structure is in the middle. I think thats a multi-spectrum jammer. At least I think so, sir.

=I then place my helmet back on and move forward=

"Well, we need to confirm it. Let's see if we can circle around, try and get into the water facility. Without getting shot at."

=I nod and give him a thumbs up=

Aye, aye sir. Give us the go order, and we'll make a break for the plant.

=I take out my assault rifle and thread on the silencer=

"We'll circle 'round. See what the perimeter is like, than we'll enter from the urban side, weapons sheathed."

=I nod=

Aye aye, sir.

=I sling my rifle back over my shoulder and start to move=

=i hesitate before putting my SMG away=
Sir, I don't think that's a good idea. This is hostile ground.

Garth wrote:

=i hesitate before putting my SMG away=
Sir, I don't think that's a good idea. This is hostile ground.

"We've only been shot at in the sewers. If we approach without weapons drawn, we won't seem like we're attacking this place." I realized the flaws in that logic, but it might work. Might.

Even though we have weapons strapped to our bodies?

=it was answered as soon as I said it, but it still needed to be said. I put my SMG on my hip, it being attached by the magnets there. I started following the others=

Garth wrote:

Even though we have weapons strapped to our bodies?

=it was answered as soon as I said it, but it still needed to be said. I put my SMG on my hip, it being attached by the magnets there. I started following the others=

I'm with Rubble on this one, sir. We don't exactly look like a peace envoy.

=I keep quiet after that=

Paarthurnax looked at the sky, he saw the darkness coming in. He also knew that it would take them, at least thirty minutes to reach the base, maybe more.
He got up and looked to his warriors.

"Rise warriors!"

Within minutes his warriors had gathered all of their belongings and were in front of the Officer.

"The time is nigh! We assault their base brothers!"

A lot of cheers came from his warriors.

"Follow me brothers, as today we eliminate this filth and wipe them as though they are excrement from our boot!"

They again cheered. Paarthurnax smiled and turned towards the opening in the mountain. He walked towards it, and his warriors followed him.

"Stick to the shadows brothers!"

He stepped out and the windy valley engulfed him. He looked down, at the vast; steep drop. He could not see the base, with all the snow and ice and windy fog on this side.

valid point.

=I look back over at the plant=

We need to get there without attracting to much attention.

=Aegir takes out a Tac-Pad from his pouch.=

Maybe if we enter from the ocean...we'll avoid detection and get the jump on whoever's there.

=i continued to scan the environment=
So, what's the plan, Aegir?

Garth wrote:

=i continued to scan the environment=
So, what's the plan, Aegir?

=I look to Aegir=

Sir, whats the plan? Because I really don't want to improvise.

=I creep around the back of a home. Standard, nothing special about it. It seems that the entire town is dead. I shake my head and sigh as I enter the back door of the house. I turn on thermal and do a sweep. I walk around the home. Not seeing much. I thought hits me and I turn on the recorder in my helmet=

Hmm...

=I enter what looks like a living room. I pick up something on the thermal. A figure sitting on the bed, cold, lifeless=

Not good.

=I turn the thermal off and go up to the person=

I continue talking to the communication sargeant.

Me: Can you do one other thing for me?

Sargeant: Depends, what is it?

Me: Give me the coordinates to my team, alpha

Sargeant: Just a second..........Nope, Can't get a lock on them. They're either under-

Static "Dammit, why the hell would tha-" I cut short, my mind going back to what happened to what previous mission. I immediately scan the area. A see a couple blurs in front of me and one to the right. "Hahahaha! You wanna mess with me, eh? Then bring it!" My pistols up
I shoot at the ones in front, killing two. I spin to the right, shoot at that one, missing. They get close now, I can no longer see how many there is. Not having much close combat training, I shoot at both north and west of me. They return fire, hitting my both my legs and my right arm. I drop my right pistol while falling down. I get up with adrenalin helping me, I shoot a couple more blurs killing those. I turn to the left, which now has more blurs. Punch one of them as I'm tackled from the right. I barely just barely grab my fallen gun and kill the one on me.

I push it off, and turn my attention to what seems to be the last three. I hear guns being loaded, turn to get up only to be greeted by a
gun to my head. I close my eyes and waited for the angel choir. But I didn't hear a gun shot, instead I hear the sound of a pelican. It has a mongoose attached by a chain. It flies by, smashing into the rest of them. -Thank God, Thought I was done- I breathe in, "Hey! Come down here!" I motion for it to come down. Then I Comm " Hey, can down here. I'm injured" She responded " Yes sir, but you'll have to move the mongoose" I manage to get up, unhooking the mongoose and moving out of the way. A couple seconds later the pelican lands. I helped by two crewmen aboard. We fly off towards Athena's Province.

Scorch wrote:

Garth wrote:

=i continued to scan the environment=
So, what's the plan, Aegir?

=I look to Aegir=

Sir, whats the plan? Because I really don't want to improvise.

"We're improvising."

N wrote:

Scorch wrote:

Garth wrote:

=i continued to scan the environment=
So, what's the plan, Aegir?

=I look to Aegir=

Sir, whats the plan? Because I really don't want to improvise.

"We're improvising."

=I sigh under my helmet=

Damn...this just gets better and better doesn't it

Got it, sir.

He had his Beam Rifle in his hand, in the time that they had, they had not gotten very far. There was still a large distance to go.
The next walkway, was different. It went towards the centre of the Canyon, with two steep Mountain ridges on either side. He looked up at them, he was unsure but proceeded anyway.
All of them.

The wind was different, almost mysterious. He was walking along, when he heard a body drop. He span around and saw others drop. He could then hear bullets being fired. It was an ambush.

Paarthurnax looked around and shouted something.

"SANGHEILI...TAKE ARMS!!!"

His Sangheili were suspended on a walkway, with no cover and they were being shot at. Paarthurnax tried to shoot some of them, but he could not see them. Instead he turned and ran.
(The Film 300 kind of scene. Where the Spartans force the others off of the edge, similar).

"RUN FOR COVER BROTHERS!"

The Zealot had deployed his wrist shield. Many more Sangheili were shot, and they fell straight off of the walkway. Some followed the Officer and ran across the bridge.
As Paarthurnax ran he shot randomly to the Mountains, trying to hit them. He ran as fast as he could along the long; icy walkway.

=waits for orders=

Scorch wrote:

N wrote:

Scorch wrote:

Garth wrote:

=i continued to scan the environment=
So, what's the plan, Aegir?

=I look to Aegir=

Sir, whats the plan? Because I really don't want to improvise.

"We're improvising."

=I sigh under my helmet=

Damn...this just gets better and better doesn't it

Got it, sir.

"Right, Let's move out. We'll take the service tunnel, it should be about a click from here." Aegir says as he starts moving.

Keep our weapons down?

=i was nervous, but i didn't want to show it=

Garth wrote:

Keep our weapons down?

=i was nervous, but i didn't want to show it=

=I sigh=

Greeeaaaaat...more tunnels

I assume so Rubble. But I suspect we might get shot soon.

=I sling my weapon on to my back and wait=

"According to the map, the entrance is in an abandoned building, north of here." Aegir gets his bearings about him, and begins to make his way north.

The scene:

We are standing in the middle of an empty street. The asphalt is cracked and the nearest street lights are broken. It is eerily quiet. Echo squad is surrounded by abandoned buildings, All of them with boarded up windows and in some cases, doors. The alleyways had trash in them that looked years old. Signs over the shops were broken, the light fixtures in them shattered. The town seemed desolate. Only the occasional crow or rat. No people. Not one living soul.

N wrote:

"According to the map, the entrance is in an abandoned building, north of here." Aegir gets his bearings about him, and begins to make his way north.

The scene:

We are standing in the middle of an empty street. The asphalt is cracked and the nearest street lights are broken. It is eerily quiet. Echo squad is surrounded by abandoned buildings, All of them with boarded up windows and in some cases, doors. The alleyways had trash in them that looked years old. Signs over the shops were broken, the light fixtures in them shattered. The town seemed desolate. Only the occasional crow or rat. No people. Not one living soul.

=I follow and start up the intel module on my helmet=

Should get some intel just in case...

=I look around=

Damn ghost town...and its waaaaaay too quiet for my comfort

=I unholster my pistol, and my keep my eyes open=

Paarthurnax looked back, he saw that many of his SpecOps were still trying to fight off whatever were attacking them.

"RUN!!!"

Paarthurnax got into a Werewolf stance, and started running like one.

"SHIPMASTER WE NEED SUPPORT!!!"

"Plasma Cannons inbound!"

Plasma Mortars exploded on the Mountains and he saw his warriors start running. He smiled and continued running.

(How do you add images?)

Scorch wrote:

N wrote:

"According to the map, the entrance is in an abandoned building, north of here." Aegir gets his bearings about him, and begins to make his way north.

The scene:

We are standing in the middle of an empty street. The asphalt is cracked and the nearest street lights are broken. It is eerily quiet. Echo squad is surrounded by abandoned buildings, All of them with boarded up windows and in some cases, doors. The alleyways had trash in them that looked years old. Signs over the shops were broken, the light fixtures in them shattered. The town seemed desolate. Only the occasional crow or rat. No people. Not one living soul.

=I follow and start up the intel module on my helmet=

Should get some intel just in case...

=I look around=

Damn ghost town...and its waaaaaay too quiet for my comfort

=I unholster my pistol, and my keep my eyes open=

"Remember, we don't want to attract attention, silencers on." Aegir says as he begins to move out.

N wrote:

Scorch wrote:

N wrote:

"According to the map, the entrance is in an abandoned building, north of here." Aegir gets his bearings about him, and begins to make his way north.

The scene:

We are standing in the middle of an empty street. The asphalt is cracked and the nearest street lights are broken. It is eerily quiet. Echo squad is surrounded by abandoned buildings, All of them with boarded up windows and in some cases, doors. The alleyways had trash in them that looked years old. Signs over the shops were broken, the light fixtures in them shattered. The town seemed desolate. Only the occasional crow or rat. No people. Not one living soul.

=I follow and start up the intel module on my helmet=

Should get some intel just in case...

=I look around=

Damn ghost town...and its waaaaaay too quiet for my comfort

=I unholster my pistol, and my keep my eyes open=

"Remember, we don't want to attract attention, silencers on." Aegir says as he begins to move out.

=I nod=

Aye, aye.

=I thread on my pistol's suppressor=

As if we haven't attracted enough attention already...

=I keep my eyes peeled as I scan for targets=

"Hawk, how would you feel about taking some dark alley's as shortcuts?"

The Plasma Cannons on the Corvettes accompanying the CCS had opened fire on the Mountains, supporting the Sangheili.
This brought the surviving Sangheili a chance to run to cover. The very few that had made it, some were lying dead on the icy walkway.

"Thank you Shipmaster!"

"You are welcome"

Paarthurnax equipped his Beam Rifle and aimed it towrds the Mountains. He could see a human, he took the shot and the human fell lifelessly down from the edge. His fellow warriors placed a few careful shots into some with their Needle Rifles. A glorious effort.

"MOBILISE!"

He again started his Werewolf run, and his warriors followed. What was following them? What had scared them again? He knew not. He just saw something, something huge. They were currently running through an iced up town, when the massive thing opened fire. With multiple chain guns, lighting up the surrounding area.

"SHIPMASTER!"

"Yes Paarthurnax?"

"We cannot proceed on...Glass the entire surface!"

Paarthurnax spiralled up in the air, dodging the chaingun whilst his warriors fell victim to it. He was blinded by the firing, when he was caught off of guard. He deployed his wrist shield, and placed it infront of his face. This was operated by draining his shields, and with the damage he was taking, they were being drained quickly.

"I cannot do so"

"Shipmaster...GOD DAMMIT!"

Paarthurnax evaded backwards and behind cover.

"Plasma BOMBARDMENT incoming!"


"Commander! Tell the Corvettes to send another Plasma Bombardment down to the last location, now!"

"Understood Shipmaster"

Fivak, turned and looked to his Special Operations Commander.

"I want three squadrons of Banshees sent down to Paarthurnax' location! Support him!

"As you wish Shipmaster!"

The Commander ran out of the Command Bridge to gather his Rangers, whilst the Commander informed the Corvettes.

As we fly, I get patched up and try to establish contact with Command again. "Hello, Hello anyone there?" No response, so I go to try Alpha, but realized the enemy could trace it. We eventually land in hangar five in Athenia's Province. I was taken to medbay immediantly for better treatment then bandages. About half an hour later, I'm in good health and hang out at the cafeteria.

=i take out my SMG=
I'm up for it.

Garth wrote:

=i take out my SMG=
I'm up for it.

=I grin=

You have my vote, sir.

=I then unlimber my SMG and get ready to move=