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"Wow. Well that's oddly convenient," I speak to myself as I mess with the controls in this car while driving. Radio works and the automated channels are on still. Wonder how long those'll last. I change the channel that has a song singing about some country road and check for any other songs.
"Just call m-*Static* baby, baby- *Static* We're no strangers t- *Static* and through the- *Static**Click*"
"Where is all the good music?" I wonder as I switch the radio off so all I can hear is the soft *vrrr* of the nuclear engine and tires drifting across the wrecked street and past abandoned vehicles. I flash a peek at the hilt I just threw onto the passenger seat beside me, actually. I reach over and twist it so the blade isn't aimed at me when it happens to restart. ACTUALLY, what's this?
I pick up a white looking box, "Oh." I have weird relief sigh as I pull the ear buds from the plug in, its a music player seven. Pretty old considering the newest one is the thirteenth. I try to untangle the ear buds with one hand without looking but it gets pretty oblivious. So I stop the car and start undoing them with both. "One problem they can never solve.." I whisper underneath my breath and start fidgeting with the tangle.
Then the repeating sound of quick footsteps rushes from the outside of the car and I drop the earbud-*CRaSH* The windshield crashes inwards from the large source of footsteps, which was annoyingly not a friendly person.
The elite starts charging a plasma repeater at the windshield as he stands on the hood of the f-upped car.
"Fuck me!" I yell out reaching for my only weapon, which is the hilt that can't produce a blade. Random chance please don't fail me! I hold the hilt towards the enemy and with a paralyzing shock through my spine, on perfect que, the blade extended through the hilt, then through the windshield's remains, and finally through the elite's front plate armor.
I feel majority of my strength and senses come back to me as the elite falls backwards off the car's hood. "I just GOT this car!" I shout at the elite as I open the door and step out, rushing to the front of the car to finish off the annoying alien.
As I drop on top of him and begin slamming my fists into his face all he can really yell is, "You are from a race of beggars!"
"Shut up!" I yell in his face and slam him against the already wrecked car. Enough to break the shields this time I draw my sword on him.
"The Great Journey-!"
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Sprinting down the street with my new spangled Plasma Repeater I pass many wrecked vehicles and buildings. Either just rained with bullet holes and plasma burns or a past explosion was noticeable even if you were blind. "God this smell is so bad.."
As if there was rotting- Wait what am I saying? Of course there's dead bodies, the city... I've got to find some means of getting around faster, because if that's them then, then well "God damn it!" The whole time I was going in the wrong direction as they wen't that way, I only really realize that now. If only I had my tablet.. If only I had my armor. My chip, I still have it. Everything will be rebooted when I get a new suit. If. I live that is.
A shimmer of something against this planets sun catches my eye as I walk by. A half lit alleyway shows, "Now my luck is starting to turning around!"
Nick Pov
9 Days left
"Hell.."
"That hurt.. I think?"
My head is pounding as I curl up and look around. It's clearly day yet thick black smoke rises from fire making it seem dark and orange.
I remember what happened, it wasn't long ago at all. The others should be nearby. I stand and look around, "Somewhere." Two pistols no extras, my helmet is who knows where and great, I'm missing the little toy gun 34 gave me.
"Hey! Is anyone out there!?" I yell out into the wreckage. Ruins of a building that the pelican hit is everywhere and the small scattered bits of pelican is leveled over the ground. No response, except from the pelican as the front windshield makes crackle sounds from glass falling. The pelican is split in what looks to be three separate sections.
"Any one there?" I sigh out after yelling so loud. I limp up to the windshield and look at myself in the split reflection. My features looked pretty roughed up, like if I just woke up after falling when I sleep walk. "Stupid hair," I say ruffling my mess down on my head, I feel something thick and pull away, blood, my armored hand is covered in it now. "Damn, I knew I had a head ache but.."
"Doc!" Crashing through the windshield in front of me comes 5000.
I fall from the jump and land on my back, "Fucking hell! Asshole!" I shout at him and crawl back to stand up.
"I only said hi," he shrugs it off and looks off into the distance behind me, "Where's the others?"
"I don't know," I said noticing that he has a shotgun in one hand, and his green energy sword in the other, "What happened to you?"
"I was still inside as it came down -bow chica bow wow- and Sparky went out the back almost right after you did -bow chica bow wow- ," He explains and crouches down, "We need to find them."
"Obviously," I word and look in the direction he's facing, "You think that's what it is?" I ask him squinting at the gun.
"Only gunna find out if we check," He orders and stands up aiming his shottie, "Watch my back," he added walking forward ADS.
"Yup.." I look back at the only slab of window left and at my reflection, my hair has turned slightly crimson and is shining in the orange flame lit light. I walk away as the glass falls and shatters into tiny shards on the earth.
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Flesh Wounds
AcciónBased off the Halo video game. Nick was the best in his UNSC medical training camp. He was then assigned his own spartan armor and earned the place in a UNSC assault team, Dreamers. He of course is the medic of the squad. This is his 'exciting' stor...
