Tales from the RP

Death Drop 1 (Maxine Rowe)

April 4th 2558

My name is Maxine Rowe, my teammates just call me Gut, I was a Spartan 4 in the Blood War and worked for the 5th Spartan Infantry Division, or FISID, we were one of the main Spartan forces and saw a lot of combat, sometimes we got lucky enough to fight alongside Fireteam Maroon or Fireteam Azure, but today wasn't one of those lucky days, let me tell you what happened.

"WHAT'S GOING ON! WE'RE GETTING HAMMERED FROM ALL SIDES!" A voice crackles through my radio, I was currently on a gunship sitting in the back seats near the gun lockers. "Alright Delta, listen up. We're getting dropped in to provide support to the 156th Infantry, they're pinned down by heavy mortar fire and more of those Order bastards are pushing them just now. Our job is to pull the 156th out this shithole so the 212th can rotate with them, is that understood?" Our commanding officer Captain Groves said. "Yes sir!" The unit says, there were 2 pelicans worth of Spartan 4s, we were the most modern Spartans at this point. "STAND UP!" The pilot shouts from the front causing us all to stand up, I lift my AR up a bit as the fear of dropping into a hot zone hits me. "Hey Gut, you're fine." I hear Karim say, also known as Brains, he was our tech and engineer. A solid combo. "HELMETS ON!" Groves shouts as he slips on his MARK 6 helmet, Groves is a Spartan 2 much like most of our leaders and experienced soldiers. I quickly slip on my Soldier helmet and face forward, seeing Warren, or Specs, put his Deadeye helmet on before lifting his Sniper Rifle up from his seat. "DOORS OPENING!" Groves shouts as the door begins to open. "GIVE THEM HELL SPARTANS." The pilot shouts. "DROP DROP DROP!" Groves shouts as we begin running out, jumping out the back of a moving pelican into a hot combat area, I see one of my fellow Spartans get hit by a stray mortar shell causing them to turn into a red mist. My breathing picks up. I take a deep breath as my thrusters activate just before I hit the ground and I land on my boots before running into cover beside Brains and our groups second in command, Tina Roe, or Watts, she was a Spartan 3. "ALRIGHT TEAM LISTEN UP, WE HAVE TO PUSH FORWARD AND TAKE OUT THAT ASSAULT FORCE. THOSE MARINES ARE COUNTING ON US." Watts shouts as Groves runs into cover with us. Just seeing him helped me calm down, he was a good leader and was always doing his best for our Division. "MOVE MOVE MOVE!" Groves shouts as he runs out of cover into the gunfire. Watts follows after him. "See you on the other side Gut." Brains says as he runs out of cover, I take a few deep breaths before I run out of cover, now the reason I got the nickname Gut wasn't because I was brave, it's because in training I puked my guts up during a simulation and it led to my nickname, Brains, Specs and Linn West or Quartz knew why it was my nickname now. I slide into cover just as a sniper shot misses my head and hits another Spartan in the hip, causing them to collapse before they get shot in the head. "HEY." Watts shouts turning my head to face her War Master visor. "KEEP IT TOGETHER PRIVATE." She shouts to me over the gunfire. "YES MA'AM." I shout, my voice shaky. "TWINS, GET SOME FLARES ON THOSE INFANTRY!" Groves shouts, Peter and Ben throw flares over to the enemy soldiers position, red flares marking them for an air strike. "INCOMING, GET YOUR HEADS DOWN!" Groves shouts as the division gets their heads down as a carpet bomb hit the enemy position. "GO GO GO!" Groves shouts before running forward, I quickly follow with Watts, seeing enemy marines stumbling around, stunned. I lift my rifle up and shoot one, the recoil moving my rifle a bit before I shoot another, then another. I look to my left to see Watts killing marines like it was nothing with her 2 magnums as Groves uses his BR 55 to kill soldiers. I then snap back into it and start making sure they are all dead. "Max!" I hear Brains say, causing me to look over at him. "You good?" He asks and I just nod. "Yeah, just a bit rattled as usual." I say, stuttering slightly. Brains walks over to me and pats my shoulder. "No hits, you're fine." Brains says, his Tracker helmet nodding a bit in confirmation. "We all still alive?" I hear Linn say as I turn around, her Air Assault helmet was a welcome sight. "Hell yeah we are." I hear Specs say as he jogs over to us. "Well, at least that went smoother than." Brains started to say before Linn hit him over the head with her BR. "Shut up, don't jinx us!" She says causing me and Specs to laugh.