Halo RTS

Chapter 4: Sniper

Kyle had started to complain again.

"Why don't we just head to the Pelican and use the radio?"

I sighed, this was too long of a walk. It had only been several hours since the fight against the Flood, but we were still no closer to getting off this damn mountain. We had seen lights of space freighters and Warships leaving the planet, but nothing had come close to the mountain.

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Slowly following the large group of Spartans, she started to hum, this was her life and her job. Pulling out the SRS99C-S2 AM rifle she carried and aimed in, but who to end, the big green bastard with the rockets? Or how about the pink one with two swords? Ohh maybe the blue guy, he seems to be in charge. Decisions, decisions, decisions.

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"I don't mean to alarm anyone, but we are being followed." Keltie said.

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She took a deep breath, held it and aimed. These people were going down. But right before she fired, the gray guy vanished. She quickly switched to her BR55 and waited for him to reappear. He did, just not where she thought.

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Jamie came back, dragging along a green marine behind him.

"Hey, Jamie, your catch looks like its still alive!"

"I know, I caught it that way, I think the best idea is to wait till she wakes up, and then question her." Jamie said.

So we started walking, heading farther and farther down the mountainside.

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By the time we reached to bottom of the mountain, the sniper still hadn't woken up, which had been bugging Jamie.

"Hey guys" Jace called out "I see a town ahead!" 

We all rushed forwards to see a small army base camped at the bottom of this forsaken mountain. I opened a comms link on an open channel, so anyone could hear.

"This is Spartan Team Hurricane, coming in on the south side of the base, hold fire." I said in my most commanding voice.

"Really, Team Hurricane ? Do you even know any lore whatsoever?" Asked Wesley

"Yes, and I know that there is no Team Hurricane, so HA!" I laughed.

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After we climbed down to the base and put the sniper in the medical room, we all went to the barracks to get some sleep. 

But, I couldn't sleep. I was tossing and turning all night, trying to get comfortable. After rolling around for several hours, I got out of bed at the sound of engines approaching. I walked outside and looked up to see a Pelican flying over to the base. It landed and four  black armored Spartans stepped out and walked over to me.

"Hey you!" called out the first one, who had a white number one on his chest.

"Whats up?" I called back

"We're looking for a green marine player, who uses sniper rifles. We have discovered that she is a player killer, and we're here to kill her." Said number 2. 

I paused for a second and thought, I could turn her over and do the right thing, or I could tell these guys she isn't here and that shes gone, and save her. Well, fight the power.

"She's gone, snuck out a couple days ago, got out through the main fracking gate, and disappeared."

"He's lying" Said number 4 "He took to long to answer the question, he's covering for her." And as one Black team pulled out their guns and started to advance on me.

"Hey guys," I said putting my hands up in a 'no harm' manner "Lets not go in a kill a person, why don't you give her a trial first, or let her explain her side of things?" But they were having none of that and turn towards me.

"Take him down." Said 3. Who the heck was in charge here? I dived to the side as the Assault rifles barked and tore the ground up where I was standing. I dived behind cover and yelled, over the team freq, "We've got trouble guys, help!" I pulled my shotgun out and got ready.

"Bring it!" Kyle yelled out as he jumped from the top of the barracks, firing as he fell. One of his rockets hit 2 in the chest and he, she, flew back and lay still.

"Get him!" yelled 4. I stood and blasted off three shots, two of which hit 1 in the chest, throwing him to the ground, and dropping his shields. Then the air was full of shots from everyone else, causing the two last Blacks to fall back and use the Pelican as cover. The firefight was intense and after a minute of constant fire it started to slack off, all of us in cover and waiting.

"1 you okay?" Asked one of the Blacks, but 1 didn't respond.

"Well, what are we going to do?" I asked.

"We could always keep shooting, that seems to work." Jamie replied.

"Or we could rush them, there are more of us then them." Keltie offered, but just then, two sniper reports sounded and the gun the blacks were holding exploded, and they were thrown backwards from the force. We ran up and pinned them so they couldn't move. The green sniper walked over to us, rifle at the ready. 

"Hey, you should still be knocked out!" Jamie said, surprised.

"Not anymore." Said a voice, which seemed to come from the sniper. 

"Kill her! Kill her now!" Screamed 3.

I pulled out my special weapon from the boss, a needler and mauler, and shot him in the head with the mauler, killing him. "Shush now." I said. Everyone was stunned, frozen in place. I aimed at 4 and readied myself to kill her too. 

"No!" 4 said, panic in her voice obvious. That snapped everyone out of their stupor and Ann swung her sword trying to move my gun. I fired and her sword slashed my gun in half. 4's body jerked and despawned.

"What, the actual, fuck Raynor? What was that?"

"That was justice, and some extra exp!" I walked over to the sniper and grabbed her shoulders. "You owe me for that, and I expect you to repay that." She just nodded and a message appeared on my HUD; The Sniper would like to join your party. I nodded and she nodded again.

"God dammit Raynor. Lets get out of here."