Halo: Eclipse

Chapter 15

The plan was simple. We would arm up at the police station and wait for a flare. Once we saw it, we would rush the Nixon Tower. Once inside, set up explosive charges. Then, move to the 63 floor. Once there, we would send a beacon to draw them to the tower. And we would engage. If we won, disable the explosives..... If not, detonate...... That's not how it happened though.
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We were waiting for the flare.

"....... Anytime now."

"I never got your name...." I said to the police leader.

"It's John."

"Oh, ok....."

It was awkward. He didn't talk until we saw the flare.

"Ok that's it!!! Bravo squad move towards the rear entrance and secure."

"Yes sir!"

"Alpha.... And Connor...... On me!"

We breached the building and looked around for any movement. Alpha squad went down into the basement to set the charges. Me and John went upstairs to the 63 floor.

"Alpha squad, sit-rep."

"The chamber explosives are set sir."

"Good, move for the main entrance and secure the lobby."

"Yes sir."

I looked around the floor. It was secure. We walked into a large bedroom and set the beacon down. A large screech came from it. I immediately new what was about to happen.

In the city streets

"Join the Revolution!! The path that can cure this planet of our military that unable to protect us!" A protestor said.

"Hmph." Said Remus.

"You!!! Spartan! You are one of the people assigned to protect us! Why are you people doing this!!?" Scream the protestor.

"You don't wanna do that...." Remus responded.

"A threat!!! I've seen it all folks!! Now the government refuses to speak to the public!! What else are they--" he was interrupted by Remus throwing a cone at him.

"Please.... Shut the fuck up."

"What's that?" Remus sees a squad of soldiers enter Nixon.

"Hm."

Nixon towers

"Left doorway secure", said a soldier.

"Right secure." said another.

"Ok, alpha hold position." Said John.

"How long is this going to take?" I asked.

"Well, it might take a couple minutes, hours, I don't know." John responded as he looked down at the streets.

A noise is heard outside the hallway door.

"Hold up! Listen...." I said.

"Prepare to fire!" he said as he reloaded his rifle.

A figure ran through the door in a straight line and got immediately shot at.

"Fire!"

The fire stopped. And the figure was fading in and out. Remus then entered the doorway.

"You shot at me!? What the fuck?"

"Remus!? What the hell are you doing here!?" I asked

Another noise happened, but it was twice as loud and scared Remus.

"Ahhh, shit!! Fuck you!"

The room was silent.

"Alright I guess the beacon was a dud. Alpha squad lets--" his orders were interrupted by a shock charge locking his armor.

"Ahhhhh!!!" He yelled.

"Oh no, fuck that!" Remus yelled.

"Hello, hello, hello, we meet again." Said Necro.

"You again."

"He's not alone....." Another phantom said un-active camoing behind us, along with 4 others.

"200 or so years, and there's only 5 of you.... How depressing." Remus said.

"Well, combined with the fact that we don't have emotions except hatred, that really doesn't matter." Said a very bulky phantom.

I saw out of the corner of my eye, John was crawling for the detonation switch. I had to create a distraction.

"Alright then, lets tussle!" I ran for Necro in the middle but I came into an encounter with another phantom.

"Can I help you with something!?" He made a brutal slash with an energy sword against my arm.

"Ahhhhhhh!!!!" I was trying to stay conscious, but it was increasingly difficult now that I was bleeding out. The sword defiantly broke something.

"Oh shit! Now your in for it!" Remus ran at the sword phantom and as the bulky one charged, Remus jumped over him and shot Necro in the chest. He jumped back avoiding a slash from the sword, and use his sniper rifle to push the sword onto the ground, and followed with a few shots from his magnum to his face.

"Ah, you quite the fast one." said a phantom that grabbed Remus from behind holding him in a choke hold.

"Ah, fuck you!" Remus yelled.

"Times are tough, but you won't live too--" the phantom stopped talking.

A loud screech echoed through the halls, and the phantom dropped Remus and began to hold his head. The screeching was the beacons second ability. This would disable their ability to teleport.

"Hehe, bye bye you sons of bitches!" Said John as he pushes the switch.

The building began shaking violently, the phantoms tried to teleport but it proved to be useless.

"You! Will die for this!" Yelled Necro trying to stand up.

"Not the first time I've heard that." Remus grabbed his magnum and shot out the window behind us. He pushed me out, and jumped after me.

We landed onto a lower half of the building. The ride we were expecting wasn't there.