Fall into the flood

The crash

Captain Tomas Myres was still sitting at his desk watching the drones search the planet. As he watched them race over the trees one of them starts to beep coming to a complete stop and then zooming in on a group of people armed with MA5C assault rifles with the bottom of their faces covered by black masks each wearing different cloths were all grouped around a fire with some tents nearby.

"Hmm looks like I found a scouting party." The captain said to himself as the drone transmitted the coordinates to him. Which he then wrote down and prepared to set his plan into action.

THE NEXT MORNING

A Pelican was being loaded with a dozen marines along with supply crates.

"What's going on sir?" asked John as he walked up to the Captain in his armor in case they were being sent out.

"I am sending these marines to capture a scouting squad of insurrectionists that we found with one of our surveillance drones." He explained to him as he continued to oversee the progress.

"But what is in the supply crates sir? If it's only a scouting party then you shouldn't need to send them out with this much gear." John said wondering what was in the crates.

"Well Lieutenant I would rather not risk any supprizes from them so I am sending them with enough gear to apprehend them easily." He said getting rather annoyed with the ODST.

"Ok sir I'll just go talk to my team." John said as he walked back to the barracks as the Pelican began to take off and the captain walk back to his office.

With the captain-

He walked into his office only to notice his phone started ringing. He immediately picked up and answered.

"Yes this is Captain Myres speaking."

He said to the person on the other line who began to speak back with the Captain answering.

"Yes the Pelican has been sent just make sure the plan is in order." He said as the person on the other end hung up and the Captain put the phone down smirking.

Back with the team-

John walked back to the barracks of his soldiers and shouted.

"Wake up ODSTs it's time to rise and shine!" getting them all out of bed immediately.

As they got up they went to put on their armor and train a bit for the day.

They had run around the barracks twice and then had hand to hand combat drills. But unfortunately they could not practice with the weaponry they had at the base since it was limited.

With the pelican-

The team of marines had been flying now for about ten minutes and the Sergeant had now decided to speak up.

"Okay men we will be landing in an area on the edge of the forest where we will then travel on foot to where the insurrectionist scouting party was last seen. When we arrive we need to take some of them alive so only shoot to wound. But it has also been reported that they are armed with MA5C assault riffles and are dangerous meet with lethal force if authorized." He spoke to them in a raised voice so they could hear him over the pelican.

"Sir bad news they see us, we have been spotted." The pilot said pointing to the edge of the jungle where they were trying to hide.

"Don't worry about it they can't take down this bird and they are out numbered this just makes it so we don't have to find them." The Sergeant says trying to relax the pilot.

As they were hovering over the clearing one of the insurrectionists had pulled out a rocket launcher and aimed it at the Pelican and then fired with the rocket tearing into the ships right wing causing it to spin out of control.

"Sir your intel was wrong. Also we've been hit and are going to be hitting the ground in a couple seconds." The pip let says as he begins to frantically flip switches and push buttons trying to get it to land only for it to slam into the ground shaking the ship.

"Hurry and lower the doors we need to take them out now!" The sergeant yells as the pilot bushes a button that lowered the landing doors and the marines to jump out.

They had started firing but were then shot from the back from a small group of other insurrectionists. Leaving a pile of 11 dead or dying marines at the door of the ship. While inside the ship the sergeant picked up two MA5C assault rifles and handed one to the pilot and started to slowly walk toward the doors. As they got closer 3 insurrectionists got to the front of the doors only to drop after a few seconds as the pilot and the Sergeant fired their weapons. Only for a grenade to then be tossed in causing the two to run and leap out of the ship onto the ground with about ten men all pointing guns at them as one of them took their guns and restrained them.

"Now look at what the cat has dragged in a dozen of UNSC scum trying to eliminate our scouting crew." One of them said as he approached the two with the bottom of his face hidden like the rest of the people in the group.

"How did you find out?" The pilot asks supprized.

"That is not important what is important is that you tell me what is in these crates you were carrying on board?" He asked pointing his gun over to the crates his men just took off the Pelican.

"I don't know I was just flying the shi..." The pilot says but did not get to finish as the man fired his gun into his head spraying blood out the back as he fell forward.

"Now how about you do you know?" He asks the Sergeant as he points his gun.

"It should be filled with weapons but don't think your going to beat the UNSC there is no way you can win." The Sergeant says being cocky and trying to piss the man off.

"Well that is none of your concern is it." He says as he then shoots him in the head as well, then shouting

"Okay load up those crates and let's head out everyone."

As they loaded the crates onto their vehicles they had failed to notice a tracker on the bottom of one of the crates.