Flesh Wounds

Chapter Six "Arm(Less) troubles"

Nick Pov

I stand there looking at what's on the floor, its. Arms? It looks like they "Even though it sounds weird"  like they belong to Sandman? It looks like his armor's, arms. 

"What the hell is this?" I say to myself picking up the arm and inspecting it, its a. Robotic arm thank god!  Just then an explosion happens in the battle field. Probably a Wraith. 

So I pick up the other arm and put them on my back. "Alright now where is he?.." I look around to find any sign of him or Sparky. Nothing. 

I ask over the radio "Anyone seen Sparky or Sandman?" 

There's a bit of static before someone answers: 5000 "You should check the rest of the roof tops."

"I'm so happy that answers my question.." I murmur to myself starting towards the stairs to the second layer of the scaffolding. I can hear some shuffling as I make my way up to the next floor.

The second I come upstairs I hear yelling from an Elite and some Grunts. Looking to my right I can see them, and, Sparky and Sandman over on the other side of them and me. I run behind cover being as quiet as possible. "Let's see here, one, two-" I start counting the Grunts that is present. I think there is about twelve. 

"Where are my arms?!" I can hear the two yelling to each other. 

"I don't know! I didn't even know you had robotic limbs!"

"Well I do!"

I pull a Frag out and holster my BR. I have a plan, I'll throw a grenade into the group then- 

Just then an Grunt comes up the stairs as fast as it could. "Guy's I caught u- Oh god a!-" I tackle the Grunt and I slam my fist into its skull, probably knocking it out. Checking the Grunt I find, two Plasma Grenades. Change of plan I think sliding back into my cover readying the two new Sticky's. 

"Here goes nothing!" I yell to myself and throw the grenades at the Covenant. One sticks to the back of a Grunt's cone, the other lands next to the Elite. 

"Pull it off PULL IT OFF!" Yells the Grunt running around in the group of them glowing from the blue light.

"What the?" Says the Elite shocked looking down to his right at the Grenade.

The two grenades explode killing multiple Grunts and leaving the Elite without a shield. I run into the confusion throwing my other Frag at the group of remaining Grunts and tackling the Elite laying down some frustration on his face in the form of a fist.

I can here the last of the Grunt's screaming end as the grenade explodes. I stand up from the fight breathing heavily as the Elite lies there, dead. "MAP training!" I yell down at the Elite that I murdered. 

"I could have taken them," Says Sandman standing up without, like expected, arms. 

I pull the arms from my back "Need these?" I ask sarcastically.

"Uhh, yes. He does," Says Sparky behind him.

"Hey and you're a Engineer, can't you like upgrade them too?" Sandman asks hoping for a yes.

"This is not some video game where you can just, upgrade things," Sparky tells Sandman a 'little' annoyed.

"Yeah, you think being a doctor is like a video game? You think there's games like that?" I say chuckling a little to myself.

"That's what you all think..." Sandman murmurs quietly.

"Anyways give me the arms we don't have much time," Commands Sparky with the same energy as before. I give him the arms and he activates his blowtorch trying to weld them back to Sandman.

"Alright i'll keep watch," I tell them and turn watching the stairs, checking my mag, checking the Elite for st- 

"DUDE!" I say picking up a modified Energy Sword with a longer than normal blade. *Swish* 

"Uh hey th-that's mine!" Sandman totally says 100% truthfully. (Saaaaarrrrrcasm) 

"Yeah that's what they all say.." Sparky says trying to focus on the arms. "This is something I never thought I'd do in the Marines," He adds shaking his head.

"Attach robotic arms?" Sandman asks.

"No. *Sarcasm* I planned to do this the whole time," Says Sparky still annoyed.

"Well you've got to plan for anything," Sandman responds without faze of the sarcasm.

"Would you guys shut up?!" Yells 34 over the radio "Geez I'm trying to focus on shooting here!"

We all chuckle in our group of three. "So how's the weather out there?" I ask to him. 

*Static, explosion, laser sounds* 

"Yeah good talk," I add making the other two laugh again.

*Clicking of 34's radio being turned off*

We all burst out laughing now, I can even hear 5000 laughing over the radio.

"Always annoying; men." Says Yang with annoyance in her voice.

*Click* "Yeah tell me about it," Says 34 then *Click*

"And they say you can't laugh in the face of death"

This was a shorter follow up chapter, just a reminder. 34, is a separate main character of this book. Sooooooo that's the end of this chapter! Have a good ol' day!