Halo: Flood (Sequel to Purified Hell)

Chapter 6 - Loss

Mechnaical whirs fill the sunset air from the Scarab. A voice peeks through the Comms. "This is Admiral Hood. The cheif is in new mombasa along with more reinforcements. Does anyone need help, In Amber Clad is on standby." Finnaly some more help! "This is Downey! We need reinforcments!" The new LT. Shouts inside his helmet. "Roger that, the Cheif in enroute to take out the scarab, once it's down ill send some tanks your way." He says.

Hoots and hollars fill the air. The scarab is passing our way to Lethbridge Industrial.

"What do we do" Asks one of the ODSTs

"Downey, requesting reinforcements!" Shouted one of the Marine Plaoon leaders. "Roger that, Zulu is responding."

"FRST, SHPR, CAMP, PTRK, Go to Lethrbidge, take a hog and get rid of that Scarab with Chief!"

We rush down the hallway and i get in the side. Shepard takes driver, Frost gets on the back and Lucas sits down one leg in the hog beside me and the other on the outside of the hog. Kind of like a saddle. 

The engine lets out a roar and Shepard pulls out of the garage and drives so fast we might take off. He makes a sharp left turn and we drive under the scarab. Lucas shoots the jackals hiding inside of it. Im shooting to, but with a pistol. One drops down and his sheild disapears and a fragile corpse lays on the road as we drive off. "Hit it!" Shouts Frost.

It flys down the road past the skyscrapers and into the highway to get to Lethbridge industrial

Frost is shooting the scarab as we drive past it. It seems to ignore us but the grunts with fuelrods ontop start to shoot at us. Shepard tries to dodge them, and succeds thankfully. We drive off down the highway, until we see the Exit 24. "Dont wana go back there again." I say to shepard. "Thats where the GPS says to go." He adds.

I search for a mag to put into my BR55. I reach for my last one attached to my body. I put it in and push the bolt forward. 27. "Last mag!" I shout to Lucas

He hands me two of his Pistol magazines. "Take this, you'll need it later." I take them and slide them into my leg pouch. We pull to the left, and about 3000 feet ahead is the collapsed bridge. The afternoon shines off the windsheild of the hog.

The warthog roars over the collapsed bridge. I look like it's about to fall through the collapsed pat but just barely by pure luck were brought across the bridge. "Half a mile!" Shepard shouts

"We're evacuating New Mombasa! Get to either SpearForge or Lethbridge to get out! We're leaving in 20 minutes!" The scarab is almost at Leth Bridge industrial. We need to get there. Fast. 

Shepard pulls to a right and drives down a street, and around the corner is Lethbridge.

We pull into the parkinglot and floor it. Drifiting into the wall very slowly we all jump out. "Go go go! Hustle!" Shouts frost

The cheif is already running into the building

The LT. that called for backup stops us. "Evac is on the roof! Chief has got this!" My face flourishes with anger "We came and risked our lives to help! What the hell?!?" Shepard rages

"Im sorry, but we all need to get to the roof! We gotta go! Orders straight from FLEETCOM!"

Plasma charges whine through the doorway and marines return fire. 

"You gotta be kidding me!" I shout louder than Shepard. 

"No get going!" The LT. Orders

All four of us rush up the stairs until we get to the end. "Damnit!" The Scarab is already stopping in the docking area. "Cheif aleady did it!" Frost says

We get on one of the pelicans pull a bunch of other marines on. Soon were off. It's officialy destroyed. We wont be coming back soon. But i know we will someday. The burning ruins of new mombasa smolders. Maybe one day we will rebuild. One day. And i hope i live to see the day we do.