The Rise: A Post Covenant War Story: Mission Two

=My breathing was short. I was losing a bit of blood. I fired at some enemies that had managed to get up the stairs=
=I recieve a comm from Sparrow and respond=

I read you, Alpha.
Facing an entire army is a drag.

=I cough=

Sending you co-ords if you're picking me up.

=waits near the door to jump when neeeded=

I got them. I spy a suitable EZ about half a mile north, northeast of your position. Can you make it?

=I peer up out of the hole to see only a few out there=
=Comms=

Yeah, I can try.

=I stand up from my position=

I'll be there ASAP.

=I take a running jump, my leg giving me trouble=
=I diveroll and turn, opening fire on the few left=

=I turn back around and begin a hobble run=

I pass over the EZ a few times.

Squad, get ready to secure the area once Delta makes it in. Whisper, help Delta into the Pelican. Trident and the new kid, make a perimeter.

=I cough a few times=

God, this is great.

=I can hear whatever was left of the army begin to follow me in as I enter into the woods=

Almost there.

"Commander my DSMN is Wielder. Just letting you know." I grab my assault rifle and prepare for drop.

=I lift my newfound rifle and begin to fire behind me=
=I soon break off into the clearing where I can see the transport up=

=Comms to Sparrow=

Delta squad is here.
Thanks for the lift.
We've hostiles comin in from the woods.

Scorch wrote:

G-man wrote:

=i follow behind Aegir, Hawk following me, albeit slowly. I tried not to think about what I saw, it'd just distract me. Make me lose my focus=

=I follow close behind, SMG at the ready=

=I check my motion tracker=

Boss, we got enemy contacts, 100 meters out and closing.

"Well, try not to alert any of them."

=Aegir moves past a door with blood seeping out from under it.=

Check your mouth kid.

I lower the transport into the clearing.

=I nod=

Aye, aye sir.

=Follow Aegir through the door, supressing the urge to gag=

I smile under my helmet and exit the pelican. I start making a perimeter along with Trident

=climbs into the pelican with shroud then waits for orders=

Alright. Wind it in.

Tri and the new kid climb on board, still taking potshots as we rise up. I hit my comms.

Echo. This is Alpha. Command says you will have no support. I repeat no support. How copy?

=i stayed behind a ways, so I got slightly better reception when the comm came through. It was still scrambled, but i could kinda hear it=

Quote :

Ech...lpha. Com...ave no support. I rep...ort. How co...

=i try to respond=
Say again? Bad copy. Bad copy.

I get a broken comm in response.

We're too far out for him to hear properly.

I try a comm again

Echo. Send current co-ords. I repeat. Send current co-ords.

=i get another response=

Quote :

-ho. Send...co-ords. I rep...urrent co-ords.

=i check my position on the GPS and forward the co-ords, hoping they work. That the jammer doesn't stop numerical comms, just voice=

I get the co-ords as they come through.

Right. Tri. Whisper. Get up here.

They come to the front.

Right, listen up. Command doesn't want us risking it to get Echo but i say different. We can't just leave them behind. So Trident's going to fly us to a little north of these co-ords and me and the new kid are going to hot-foot it and give Echo some more ground support. After which Whisper, you and Tri will take Delta back to the Athena and then Whisper will bring the pelican back for pick-up. Got it?

They nod and Trident takes my seat as i prepare myself. I head tot he back and brief the new kid,

"Paarthurnax...Paarthurnax!"

S bi looked around. He saw F'alas and the others fighting the Insurgents. S bi could see a knife in Paarthurnax' chest, he tried to support him.

"Man down, man down!"

S bi looked around once again, everyone was too tide up with what they were doing.

=i try to send another response, a follow up to make sure it was received=
How copy?

"Alright, sounds good. I hope we get there before something happens" I continue siting waiting to get where we are going.

=i don't get a response, which didn't surprise me, given the jammer nearby. I hurried to catch up with the others=
Alpha's coming, I think. I hope.

I exit the pelican also and follow sparrow's lead.

I sling the launcher onto my back and draw my pistol. I turn back and shout into the pelican.

Twenty minutes. If there's no comm from us. Abort.

Whisper raises his hand to signal he got it and they take off.

Right kid. Let's move. We haven't got much time.

I jog towards the objective, which i now bring up on his HUD too

G-man wrote:

=i don't get a response, which didn't surprise me, given the jammer nearby. I hurried to catch up with the others=
Alpha's coming, I think. I hope.

=I sigh=

I hope so too, Rubble. Because we're between a rock and a hard place right now.

=I continue to follow and check for danger=

I jog behind her occasionally looking behind us. I equip my duel pistols and put my rifle back.

I move through the terrain, cover to cover. The new kid does the same and we soon reach Echo's location.

Echo. Come in. We're at the co-ords you gave us.

=i get static, vaguely hinting at a voice=
Say again?

WE. ARE. AT. THE. CO-ORDS YOU. GAVE. US. There's nothing here but a few buildings.

I'm getting a lot of interference. Are you at our location?

I scan the area looking for anything hostile or friendly. I don't see much other then buildings

Yes. There's nothing but a few buildings.

I lower my visor and roll my eyes to the new kid.

Have you checked the altitude? Because from where we are, you aren't here.

=i continue to follow the others=

I run over the co-ords again.

We didn't get your altitude. It must have been lost in the transmission.

We're about 50 meters down. Tunnel system. You'll find the entrance in one of the buildings. Just smell your way over to it.

"What did I do this time? I was just making sure it was clear." I keep my tone at normal.

I point the new kid to start checking out the nearest building quietly.

Echo. That's not going to help either of us. Especially if you've got hostiles chasing you.

I hold the comm a second.

And kid? It wasn't directed at you. Don't worry about it.

Ma'am, we don't know where we are going. We're scouting right now as is. And so far, the only contact we've had is 100 meters out on motion trackers.

"Oh, well...." My voice trails off as I head off towards the suggested building.

Rainbow Dash wrote:

I point the new kid to start checking out the nearest building quietly.

Echo. That's not going to help either of us. Especially if you've got hostiles chasing you.

I hold the comm a second.

And kid? It wasn't directed at you. Don't worry about it.

Ma'am, head towards the water plant and once you enter, there will be a stairwell in the back leading to the basement.

=I check our six again=

After that, just follow the smell.

Your scouting is going to get you killed. Hold position and listen for a moment. The air above is filled with AA drones. Command doesn't want to give you any support right now. We've gone against their orders because it didn't feel right leaving you out here. Now this entire zone is dead. We've no external links to command within the drone cloud and there's been a lot of supply movement around. Delta was attacked on their own and only just made it out alive when we extracted them. Now my bet is that they're going to come here for you next. Right now, we need to meet up and get to a point where we can extract.

=i gesture to Aegir, who shakes his head=
No can do, ma'am. Orders are orders.

Orders are going to walk you right into an ambush.

The new kid waves over to me and gestures to show he's found the stairs.

It's not an ambush if you know it's coming. We're continuing our objective. If you want to join, feel free.

Oh we're joining. If only to save your asses.

I jog over to the building where Wielder is waiting. We head down the stairs and begin making our way through the tunnels.

=I close my comm, slightly insensed that I felt ignored=

=I sigh and follow the rest of the team=

Try not to trip on the bodies, ma'am.

=i held my SMG ready as we moved on. I knew the others might see anything first, but it was better than nothing=