//------------------------------// // Chapter Five: Search for survivors // Story: Operation:Equestrian Assault // by SPkon107 //------------------------------// Chapter Five: Search for survivors Date: October 23, 2552 Time: 12:11 A.M The four made their way to the town Twilight asked 107. “So Dan when did you joined the military?” “I was six and I didn’t join I was abducted.” “What what?!” “Yeah.” “Wh…why.” “That’s classified.” “Ok how did you get this strong? I saw other humans fight they are not as strong as you.” “Twilight I’m a Genetically-engineer Spartan super-soldier.” “Genetically-engineer like they messed with your body parts to make you a better killer.” “Well I would have used soldier but ok.” “Well I will say this at least your using your strength to defend your kind.” The approached the town and the place was silent. Luna said. “Well at least the ponies have not screamed…” she was cut off by a mare shouting. “AHhhhhhhh it’s Nightmare Moon!” “We spoke too soon.” Then the lights of the buildings began to turn on and the ponies popped their heads out of the windows and they all shouted then Twilight shouted. “Stoooooooooop!” they all looked at her and then she continued. “Thank you look this is not Nightmare Moon this is Princess Luna sister of Princess Celestia. How do you ponies not remember her from Nightmare Night.” They all still looked in fear as they stared at the humans. “Ok why are you still looking in fear.” A green mint unicorn said. “B…b…be…because y…you are being followed b…b…by those two things.” She looked back. “Oh I forgot about them. Ok listen up as you heard about Germaney and Canterlot we are under attack by aliens. And this two are humans and…” the green mint unicorn said.” “Wait humans? she said happily as more ponies walked outside. “Yes Lyra humans. Look the humans are here to fight off the aliens that are attacking us since they have been fighting them for almost three decades. And they need to find the troops that fell from the station from orbit.” “Awsome.” Lyra said. “Look we need to get going you can meet more humans after we find the survivors.” They all walked passing the crowd. “So Lieutenant how do we find these drop pods?” “Well they all have a beacon and on my HUD I have four of them so I think the best way to retrieve our survivors faster is that we split into teams.” “Ok I think I’ll go with Michael to find the first two and you and Luna will take the other two.” “Ok. Come on princess we the faster the better.” Michael said. “Wait I saw more drop pods why are we going after four?” “Those four are the closest to our position. Other UNSC bases will send for the other pods.” “Oh ok.” “You have your sniper?” “Yeah.” “Perfect now let’s get going.” The four took their paths. Twilight and Michael: The two took the path to a swamp where two of the four pods landed about thirty feet from each other. The Helljumper looked up and he saw a Spirit on patrol. “Fuck Twilight take cover now!” the two ran to hide under a tree. The lavender pony asked. “Why aren’t you shooting them?” “Are you funcking crazy that thing will tear us apart.” He looked up as the vehicle passed them. “Ok let’s go.” They continued to their destination. They walked and the human noticed that the pony was walking in fear. “What’s wrong?” “Nothing it’s just that the Everfree Forest the animals are cruel and the clouds move on their own.” “Really the clouds in our colony move on their own all the time.” “Re…really.” “Yeah.” “Oh.” Michael looked on his HUD and he saw that the beacon signal was near. “Twilight were close.” As they walked the dirt turned into mud. He looked down. “Shit Twilight we have Covies in bound.” “How can you tell?” “Those are Brute footprints.” Michael placed his sniper on his back as he pulled out his SMG. The walked as they heard gunfire. “Fuck they found the troops.” Then they heard a roar. “Wh…what the fuck was that?” “I…I think that was a hydra.” “A what.” “A hydra.” He turned away from the pony as he continued to walk the path as they approached a hill. He began to crouched down and he looked over. “See told you a hydra.” “Looks like the Covies are fighingt that hydra.” A Chieftain jumped in the air and hit one of the hydra’s head. As he was landing one of the other head bit the Brute from his arm and the other bit his head tearing him into two. “Fuck not even the Chieftain could take down that thing.” He turned back and the Covenant troops were all dead as the hydra returned to the other with one dead head. “Come on let’s go.” They walked for ten minutes as the approached the pods. “Hey loo…” a bullet hit the tree she was passing by. Michael shouted. “Hey friendly.” On Marine said. “Sorry we saw a Spirit pass by we thought that it dropped of troops.” “It’s ok but have your lights on ok. How many troops are here?” “Well this pod had eight troops plus the pilot and the other only had six plus the pilot.” “So seventeen troops.” “Yeah.” “Ok we have to get back to the town before more Covies are deployed or the hydra.” “The what?” “Don’t worry about it. Let’s go.” Dan-107 and Princess Luna: Luna and Dan walked into another part of the forest the two pods landed near the Castle Ruins of the Royal Pony Sisters. Dan just got a call from Michael. “Lieutenant we have the troops from the life pods.” “Perfect now escort them to the town.” “Ok.” “I’ll contact you when we are making our way back to town with the rest of the survivors.” “Ok. Helljumper out.” “Come on Luna we can’t waste any more time.” “Ok Spartan. Um…human how do thou keep fighting?” “What do you mean?” “How do thou keep fighting when your kind has lost twenty billion lives?” “Hope Luna.” “Hope?” “We humans have hope on many things. And for one thing we won’t quit until we when the war or until the last human falls.” “We see.” “Yeah. I like how you talk.” “What dose thou mean?” “You still use old English. My species hasn’t talked like that in centuries.” “Well I was imprisoned for a thousand years.” “For what?” “Well you heard the ponies shout Nightmare Moon.” “Yes.” “Well we were that monster. We terrorized ponies and the eternal night would have killed the ponies slowly.” “Well at least you aren’t as bad as the Covies.” “Yes. Um…can thou teach us how to speak modernly?” “Why.” “I don’t want to be left behind from everyone else.” “Ok. But you’re cute when you speak like that.” “Thank you but we still want to learn how to speak modernly.” “Ok. So… I know this isn’t none of my business but what happened to you when...” “When we was transformed into Nightmare Moon. Well… we don’t feel comfortable talking about this right now. ” “I understand. Come we’re near the pods.” The two kept walking until they were standing in front of a cliff. “Well come on.” Luna flew to the other side as Dan watched her as he crossed his arms. She flew back and she asked him. “Why are thou still on that side?” “Well I can’t fly.” “But we flew out in space.” “Luna we used a machine. We humans can’t fly.” “Oh well we can bring the bridge back up.” She flew down and she pulled the bridge up and she it back to on the steaks. “Uh…Luna I don’t think this bridge will be able to hold a soldier that weights a thousand pounds.” “Oh…wait you weight a thousand pounds?” “Yeah.” “Well I think I can do this.” Her horn glowed and then a bright light appeared and as the light died out they were on the other side. “What the hell?!” “What haven’t you ever teleported before?” “Like twice…but don’t do that unless if you warn me.” “Ok.” They two walked toward the castle. And behind a wall a flare shot up. The Spartan shouted. “Don’t fire we are friendly.” A few heads looked over. One said. “Sorry sir we were just attacked by a patrol of Covies.” “Any KIA?” “No. Just one injured.” “Ok did you treat the soldier?” “No sorry sir we don’t have any biofoam.” “I do take me to him.” “Well sir the he is actually a she.” “Ok.” The Marine took the oversize human to the injured soldier. “There she is.” “She’s an ODST.” “Yes.” “Ok.” He walked close to her and he removed her helmet. “Name.” “Private Margaret Harrison.” “Ok I see you were hit on the leg.” “Yes by a Needle Rifle.” He looked over her left leg and he grabbed the biofoam from hit belt. “This will hurt.” “I know this isn’t the first time I was hit by a Covie weapon.” He applied the foam on her leg Luna watched as the female human closed her eyes as she bit on a rag trying to resist the pain. “There.” “Good.” She got up with the help of Dan. “Ok we need to get you to town for refugee for evac before more Covenant tries to wipe us out. Luna lead the way please.” “Ok Spartan.” She lead them to the bridge then she jumped off the bridge as she flew making sure that the bridge was able to hold the troops. After they crossed she flew back to the 107. “Ready?” “Yeah.” Her horn glowed and they teleported to the other side of the cliff. “Ok the rest of the troops are waiting let’s go.” They walked under thick trees after three minutes of walking 107 was shot by a sniper. His shields went off as he pulled out his pistol and he shot the Jackal. “We have Covenant!” the troops and the alicorn took cover behind the trees. 107 took cover behind a boulder as he pulled out his sniper he activated the night scope as he looked for more enemy troops. He saw two glowing orbs he identified them as plasma grenades by a suicide grunt being followed by a Brute. She shot the grunt’s head and the bullet hit the Brute’s leg as one of the grenades landed on him. He aimed the gun to another direction as the grenades blew up he found two Jackals with carbines. He pulled the trigger twice one hit the alien on the head causing the head to explode and the other hit the lizard bird like creature in the chest. Luna shouted. “Spartan look out!” he turned as a hunter swung his shield at him. He evaded away from the shield. The twelve foot alien swung again. 107 jumped over it and he aimed the sniper on the back he shot it causing the back armor to break. The behemoth alien swung again hitting the rifle and then hitting Dan causing him to crash into a tree. The soldier pulled out his energy sword he charged at the Hunter and he jumped on it as he stabbed his plasma blade through the throat. Dan looked back as the troops walked out from the trees Luna ran to the Spartan and he stood up. “Dan is thou ok?” “I’ll be fine. It takes more than one hunter to take out a Spartan.” “You’re sure.” “Yes.” A Marine said. “Sir look in the air.” Dan looked up as he saw multiple objects falling. Luna asked. “What are those things?” “ODST drop pods.” “What?” another Marine asked. “Why are Helljumpers being deployed?” Margaret said. “Because we are being under attacked.” Luna said in shock. “What?!” Michael call Dan. “Dan where the hell are you?” “We’re on our way.” “Dan we have evacuated the town we’re being under attack by the Covenant.” “The town?” “Yes the town. Pelicans have dropped Scorpions and Warthogs on our position and more troops before the ODSTs began to be deployed. But I think we’re going to need a Spartan over here?” “Ok on my way. Spartan out.”