Halo: Guerrillas In The Mist (No longer being updated)

Chapter 2: Arrival by Knight

5 Days Earlier

Thursday, November 25th

13:07 hours

Dmitri’s boots crunched in the soft snow as he hopped off the pelican, the rest of his squad in tow. He looked in bewilderment at the vast urban sprawl before him and the mass of marines emerging from their transports. The crisp, clear night sky was lit by flares and explosions and the harsh winter wind howled through the highway, accompanied by a blizzard of snow. The awe-struck look on his face was wiped off by the hiss of plasma fire and he sprinted with the rest of his men behind a flipped and mangled Warthog.

Covenant carbine fire rained down from a sniper nest atop a nearby building. Slipping his S2 AM onto his back, he pulled out an M7S SMG and rushed with the squad into the 9 story hotel. Squinting to see in the darkness, he flipped on the flashlight he’d attached under his SMG. The narrow cone of light led the way as he made the gruelling ascent through 8 sets of stairs before finally reaching the exposed top story, a blanket of fresh snow carpeting the floor.

 Guttural barks and odd mumblings echoed through the roof less hallway in front of them and they silently followed the sounds to a penthouse on the corner of the heavily bombarded roof, overlooking the battlefield. A blue Elite and 3 grunts stood guard for a Jackal sniper. Before they could be spotted, they charged in with the element of surprise on their side. They quickly overcame the nest and Dmitri unloaded 2 clips of hot lead into the Elite before it even started firing and finished it off with a kick to its split-jawed chin.

While they began setting up an observation post on the perfectly positioned rooftop, another taller building obscured their view of the gigantic Covenant Scarab smashing its way through the street towards the rest of their battalion. It was too late. Their heads turned to glimpse the Scarabs huge plasma cannon charge before it unleashed fiery hell on the battalion below. Holed up and trapped in the main highway into the city, they didn’t stand a chance. Most of the battalion was vaporised in the blink of an eye and all Knight Squad could do was hide and watch.