Master Chief shuddered at the thought of returning to that god-awful ship, and even thought about a way to stall his returning. But he was a soldier, and he had orders. His shudder messed up his aim, and the smell of a plasma bolt from his missed enemy wafted up to his nose. The next second there was no enemy. "Good work Chief, we cleared Alpha out!". Private Specker's voice filled up the comlink. As his team moved on to the next location, Chief perceived ways to keep casualties to a minimum. "You really doubt the intelligence of these Marines, don't you?" spouted Cortana, sensing his thoughts. "Chief responded in his usual, deep voice, saying, "What reason do I have to not?". "Fair enough." replied the AI, before analyzing the statistics of the Infinity, locked in orbit.
As John-117 shot through the gas tank of a Grunt, his team of rather inexperienced marines opened fire. The familiar, almost welcoming, sound of metal screamed through the sensors on Chief's suit. But in return, plasma melted through two of the ten marines stationed with the Spartan. "I knew there would be casualties!" Cortana could hear Chief saying after the combat was done.
A duo of Elites sneaked across the roof of a long-abandoned human building, with the intention of unexpectedly opening fire on the squad of Marines inside. They didn't last long. With Master Chief heading the break-in, nothing short of the whole Covenant force in the town would've stopped them. "All three target areas are cleared." exclaimed the leader of Blue-10.
