With A Vengeance

An Old Friend

Dragons POV

As I looked back at the base, I thought I saw the glint of a visor on a nearby hill, though I saw nothing there. It's just my imagination... I thought to myself. I turned back around, and continued forward, I noticed it was nearly night, and I was extremely tired. "Better find some shelter to stay in for the night." I mumbled to myself. As I began looking around, something suddenly tackled me from behind.

"Who the hell are you?!" I screamed.

"Shut the fuck up, dumbass. The scout could be anywhere..." The person on too of me let me out of the hammerlock. I threw him off me and pinned him to the ground, a knife to his neck.

"Tell me who the hell you are and what you think you're doing tacking me like that!" I said. The man looked at me calmly.

"You mean, you don't recognize me?" He said with a grin. "It's me, Carson."

I suddenly realized who it was under me. Carson Wildt has been my best friend since second grade, when I met him. We joined up together, and he was later chosen to become a Spartan. I haven't seen him since. All I know is that he was part of Bravo Four, the squad that was supposedly captured by Halsey.

"Wait, weren't you the leader of Bravo Four? The squad that captured?" I asked, standing up and putting away my knife. Carson stood up beside me.

"I was. My squad was in fact captured, but I was out on patrol when the captured my squad. They've been hunting for me ever since." He said.

"So what's this about a scout?" I said, taking in what he had said about his squad.

"Shit," he said, "I forgot about the scout! Follow me, and I'll explain."

I followed him towards a group of large rocks. As we sat behind the rocks, he turned to me.

"You see, they've sent out an elite spartan to scout find me." He said. "And it seems he's started hunting you too."

Just then, a grenade flew over the top of the rock, and landed in front of us.

"Shit!" I yelled.

We jumped out of the way, and landed hard on the ground. As we stood up, I saw a group of rebel soldiers standing in the distance. The were using weapons ranging from magnums to rocket launchers. As I watched them, I realized the were preparing a rocket to launch at us.

"Get down!" I heard Carson yell as they fired the rocket. He pushed me out of the way, but it wasn't enough.

The last thing I remember was a loud explosion, then everything went black...