//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: Halo Aftermath // by F-22 Raptor //------------------------------// I think that the music from Defense of Earth goes well with this story. Defense Of Earth "Get out of here, I'll take over!" says Jorge. As Six gives him the bomb, Jorge spots a pair of Elite Zealots running towards them. He springs into action, pushing the other spartan out of the way of the plasma blasts. "Go, I'll be fine", he shouts, as Six jumps our of The hangar bay, he picks up his machine gun and shoots both of the aliens, killing them. Skip ahead a few minutes. As Jorge sets off the bomb, a portal appears, sucking Jorge in, and then everything goes dark. A sudden yell shakes Twilight Sparkle awake. The yell came from spike, her one and only Dragon assistant. "Come on Twilight, get up!" He says. "I think a space rock thing crashed outside!" Twilight gets out of bed to go investigate. When she looks outside, she sees nothing but a smoking crater. "Spike, there's nothing there" she says. "No, no, there was something there, it's still there, It has to be!" "Spike, go back to bed, we'll find out whatever it was in the morning, after we've had some sleep." A few seconds after the crash... A figure opens its eyes, it sees warnings flashing in It's HUD. Nearby a door opens, the figure hears it, and lies still. The door closes, and the pounding of running feet is heard, the creature is gone. Jorge is running into the forest, he doesn't know where he is, but it can't be good, he swears he just saw an Elite. He checks his gear, assault rifle, machine gun, combat knife, grenades. He sighs, "good it's all here." "The Covanent will have a hard time taking me down if they find me. Nearby a UNSC armored division has just been glasses along with planet Reach, but instead of the pain they were expecting, they were sent into a forest. They are still trying to figure out what has happened. To be continued.........