//------------------------------//
// Chapter 12: Final Act 
// Story: MLP: ODST - Hazardous Venture 
// by JO3 
//------------------------------//

	Joe awoke, pain stabbing at him throughout his body. His auto-injectors failed, his visor was cracked, and his armor was ablaze. Joe stumbled onto his feet, and he saw the black detonator laying on the ground 15 ft away. Joe looked around, but all he found was the dead copilot; his helmet was busted open. Still recovering from the crash, Joe took a step toward the detonator. His legs buckled from beneath him, and he fell to the ground once more. An alarm sounded in what was left of his helmet, only this alarm told of the arrival of the Saturn V.
A haze of projectiles from both the Lunar Coalition and the Oppressors blanketed the landscape before Joe. He started the most painful, but necessary crawl of his too-long life. Then a emergency broadcast came through on his radio, “We are losing the line. The enemy has gained reinforcements. All units, retreat.” Joe recognized the voice of Spitfire, as well as the desperation in it. The Saturn V was pointless unless the enemy was in a concentrated area. If the enemy broke free, this world may be lost. Joe collapsed, detonator within arms reach.