Orders From the Top

S1: E9

(December 27th, 2548 - Target Vault) [Aoric POV]

**Maine, Carolina, and Washington enter the Vault, filled with Covenant weapons and Banshees. Meanwhile, Aoric is glancing around for potential ways to move the Sarcophagus out of the room.**

Carolina: Alright everyone, spread out. What we need is here somewhere. It's probably something small, easy to miss. Take as many scans as possible, there may be other things we can use.

Aoric: *standing right next to the Sarcophagus.* But... it's not.

**Maine picks up a Brute Shot and growls questioningly. Washington walks by and pauses to compliment Maine.**

Washington: That's a good look.

York: *over comms.* [Carolina, Motion Trackers indicate you got an enemy team outside the door.]

Aoric: *motioning to the massive box next to him, as Washington finally notices and heads towards Carolina to tell her.* Now... we could just throw this out the window. *starting to place charges behind the Sarcophagus.*

Carolina: Well, let's hope they're not as good at picking locks as you are, York. *To Washington and Maine* Alright team, we're about to have company.

Washington: *Coming over* Boss, I've got good news and bad news.

Carolina: Hit me.

Washington: We found the markings we're looking for. The bad news is...They're on that. *motioning to the large container with the markings that they were looking to.*

Carolina: That?

Aoric: *planting the last charge.* Yep.

York: *over radio* [Team A, I got us an exit up here. Straight up the stairwell, door to the roof, helipad.]

Carolina: Copy, I'll radio air support. *looking to the three in the room with her* Now, how are we going to get that thing up to the roof?

**Maine shrugs and growls**

Aoric: We could just blow the window open and drop it down.

Carolina: *shaking her head.* Too risky *going back to talking on the radio* York, I saw a window-washing unit on our way into the facility, can you find where it attaches to the building?

York: *sarcastically* [I don't know, that's a tough one. Lemme see what I can do.]

Washington: What're you up to?

Carolina: Improvising. Come 'ere Maine.

Washington: Improvising? I hate it when we do that.

Aoric: *sighing as he sets himself up, preparing to shoot anything that gets through the door. Before hitting the detonator, not hearing an explosion, and cursing.* I swear I wired this correctly. *trying to fix the detonator as the group hears the sound of a plasma torch being used.*

**As Aoric works on rewiring the detonator, he glances over to the Vault door to see that the security forces seem to be using plasma torches to try to get in. Aoric cursing as he looks towards the window, where Carolina pushes the Sarcophagus on a lift connected to the window-washer unit.**

Washington: *facing the door* Better hurry!

Carolina: Maine, it should work fine. You're the only one heavy enough to counterbalance.

Maine: Too high.

Carolina: Oh, don't be a baby.

**Carolina kicks Maine out the window and shoots the wire holding up the window-washer platform. Maine free-falls down the building.**