The Rise: A Post Covenant War Story: Mission Two

=i looked up at the Elite=
What? You don't like humor? Would you like me to glare evilly? Perhaps keep you on my paranoid list?

Paarthurnax growled and grabbed his neck.

"Do not tempt me mortal!"

=i grab his throat and give him a small grin=
Kill me, split-chin. Prove me right. I dare you. Show everyone how you truly are.

Paarthurnax then attempted to lift the human off of the ground.

"Do not think I will not!"

=i choked out the next few words=
You kill me, and you die as well. You undo all of your race's work to make a peace between us. You'll be hated, shunned, banished. For what? Because a human laughed?

=i laughed weakly again=
And you call us the weak ones.

Paarthurnax dropped the human, as he fell to the floor after he had released him. He looked down at the human, as he gathered himself.

"The next time, you will not be so lucky"

=the ball of C4 was still in my hand, luckily=
Who said anything about luck, split-chin?

"Call me Split-chin, one more time"

He lowered his hand and grabbed his sword.

Or what? You'll kill me? Did you just forget what I said?

"I did not. Count your days mortal!"

Paarthurnax walked off, over to his warriors.

=i chuckle and sit back down in my seat, rolling the ball of C4 in my hand=

=I listen patiently and yawn under my helmet, after not having a restful sleep=

Damnit...stinkin' nightmare kept me up for too long

=I clench my fists to try and stay awake=

Paarthurnax walked by his Infantry, as they made conversation between themselves. Paarthurnax stood there, tensing his arms, and revealing the huge amounts of muscles in them.

I sprint into the room. I breath in. I notice the tension in the room. I quietly walk over to my seat.

I pick up the report from the seat next to me and toss it to Whisper

Have a read. It'll answer your question and it won't hurt to read it.

=goes over the report=

guess it's time to be more serious on missions

=i look over to Hawk=
Why'd you show up in armor, Hawk?

Garth wrote:

=i look over to Hawk=
Why'd you show up in armor, Hawk?

=I take off my helmet=

I couldn't sleep much...

=I yawn again as I try to wait=

Why not?

=i stopped rolling the ball so I could better listen in. What? When you get attached to explosives, you get distracted by them easily=

Garth wrote:

Why not?

=i stopped rolling the ball so I could better listen in. What? When you get attached to explosives, you get distracted by them easily=

=I mull on the question=

I had too much on my mind.

= I look at the new intel that was provided=

Anything you want to share? Talking is helpful, or so I'm told by my shrink.

Garth wrote:

Anything you want to share? Talking is helpful, or so I'm told by my shrink.

=I yawn again=

I relived the time I was in the medcenter. Saw some stuff I really don't want to talk about.

=I wait and try not to nod off=

=i nod, grimly=
Yeah, I understand. If you want, I could toss you a frag, assuming I can get one. That should wake you up.

Paarthurnax sat down and placed his Beam Rifle on the table. All of his warriors were sat in there own section of the table. Paarthurnax takes apart his Beam Rifle, and gives some parts a clean, as he had not done this in a while. He was very tired and bored, he just wanted to know what the mission was.

-I walked into the meeting room, rubbing my eyes. I found myself a seat, and went back to half-sleeping. What? It was just another meeting... I wasn't actually tired, just in a lazy mood. So now was a better time than any other to just... Half sleep. If you get it.-


(Half sleeping, is... Being awake, but not focusing on any of your surroundings. So Trident would be just staring at a wall, I guess. He isn't listening to anything, and well yeah, you get the idea.)

(Markov)

=Before leaving the room to the armory to suit up I packed my valuables and put them in my rucksack, I didn't have much anyway. I spliced the key pad and made a new lock combination so any one trying to get in my room couldn't get inside, just in case anyone got nosy. I left for the armory and suited up as usual, I then realized I left the note in my room, no matter. I left for the assigned meeting room=

I was unbelievably bored. So I figured maybe a conversation, make some friends. I look at the elites. -not now, maybe another time- "Hey, Hawk. You asleep?"

=the time is now 0400=
The Screen once again flickers to life, and Sevlinksi appears on the screen.

"Glad to see you all made it out alive." He says, informally.
"I have your next Objectives here based on what you've found and what we've pieced together."
He appears to sort some papers.
"Based on what you've found, it appears that the Ghan Technology Corporation has been developing technologies that have the potential to be Shield piercing rounds. From the bullet that Aegir recovered from the ammunition bunk, we've discovered that it cancels out the shielding emitted by your suits of armour, with further testing we know that it cancels out the Shields that our Elite friends have as well." He clears his throat.

"This is not what we expected to find. We don't know how they engineered this, it's far beyond anything we've seen or encountered. This means that you'll have to be extra careful on your next missions. This one included."

He pauses for a moment. He has bags under his eyes, it's clear he hasn't had a decent night's sleep. "Thanks to Alpha squad we know that they have a linked bunker system, which we now believe is used to travel to and from the ammunition stores to restock, rearm, and surprise anyone getting too close to these bunkers, as Echo squad witnessed on the last mission."

He drags his palm overs his forehead and takes off his cap. "Now, Aegir sent Falcon back to the encampment where the CEO was being held for extraction by Delta squad, but the Commander reports that no one came back to the encampment. So he's been declared MIA. The tracker we have in his suit is not responding, so we can only assume the worst. If you find him alive, get him to an extraction point. If not, take his tags."

He takes a sip off coffee that was off screen. "Now, for you objectives: Alpha, we want you to infiltrate one these bunkers and find out where they all lead to. If you can do this silently that would be a bonus added to your salary. Delta, you get to do an unrelated task. Delta squad will be investigating the nearby towns and colonies, find out why we've been receiving little to no reports from them. Echo Squad, you are going to investigate the water facilities in the area, I know this sounds completely unrelated and absurd, but the last squad went MIA, hotel squad. Find out what the hell happened to them and report back." (totally not a cliffhanger anywhere in this post <.< >.> )

"Elites, you are going to go to the insurgent colony on the other side of the planet and deal with the insurgents." He sighs. "All of you, be careful. Dismissed." The screen cuts out.

Aegir: "Let's move out."

=I turn to Aegir=
Sir, how much heat should I bring?

I sigh to myself.

Yeah great. Let's go investigate a bunch of tunnel systems we can't even fit down. Do command even listen at all.

Aegir: "Minimal. We want to be light on our feet."

=Sparrows comment=

Whining. Again.

"Let's get fitted up, Hawk, meet us in Bay 12."

=i nod=
Aye sir.

=i head out towards the armory, intending to load up on breaching charges and frag grenades=

Nic wrote:

Aegir: "Minimal. We want to be light on our feet."

=Sparrows comment=

Whining. Again.

"Let's get fitted up, Hawk, meet us in Bay 12."

I'm awake Wielder.

=I turn to Aegir and salute=

Aye sir.

=I head to the armory to get tooled up to fight=

=I arrive in the armory a few minutes later and start loading up the webbing on my armor with breaching charges and frag grenades. I don't think we'll need mines, since we'll be investigating, and frag rounds are devastating in just about any situation. If needed, I can hook up the breaching charges into mines and traps, but hopefully we won't need those. I make sure everything is nice and secure before getting my armor on=

=I take a silenced magnum, silenced SMG and a silencer for the silencer and head for Bay 12=

Stealth is the key here...but I'll have something in case it hits the fan

=I get to the bay, put on my helmet and wait for the squad=

=i got my armor on, grabbed an SMG and silencer and grenade launcher. I grabbed 7 or so rounds for it, and added it onto my webbing. Never know what we'll find, but still gotta stay light. Once I got everything loaded, I headed off towards the hanger=

"Rubble, We'll need silenced weapons. If we need explosives, I'll let you know. For now, keep it silent." I say as I put on my helmet.

"Bay 12 people, let's go."

=I comm Aegir=

Already there, sir. Ready to go.

=I shut off the comm and wait=

=i chuckle and reply to Aegir=
Sir, that's why I took a grenade launcher and not a rocket launcher. Don't even need to detonate it to kill someone. I'm not planning on using it, but it's better to have and not need.

"Right, well, we're not taking a pelican this time, I'll explain more when I get to the hanger."

=Aegir begins walking to the Hanger=

=i sigh and get to the hanger bay. I walk over to Hawk=
Hey. You ready?

I sat and waited. "Ma'am, our orders?"

Garth wrote:

=i sigh and get to the hanger bay. I walk over to Hawk=
Hey. You ready?

=I look at Rubble and nod=

Yeah. I'm ready to go.

=i nod=
Okay. Hey, check me, will ya? Make sure I got everything secure. I got a freefalling segment in my stomach about how we're getting down there.

Garth wrote:

=i nod=
Okay. Hey, check me, will ya? Make sure I got everything secure. I got a freefalling segment in my stomach about how we're getting down there.

=I tighten some of the straps on his armor and give him a thumbs up=

All secure now, Rubble.

=I look to Aegir=

How are we going in, sir?

I looked at Hawk. "We're gliding in."

I stand up and motion my squad to follow as I leave the room.

Alright guys no armour on this one. We're taking gravity down there.

We reach the armoury and dress into heavy impact suits. We load up, taking nothing but silenced pistols and knives

Good. Anything else will be too large. Now you both remember how to use a re-entry kit right? We need to be as stealthy as we can.